Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann. Common name: Northern Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: In moist soils of meadows, grasslands, thickets, and woodlands. Distribution: NL west to ON, south to MD and IA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Dichanthelium bicknellii was formerly included under D. boreale but is distinctly different with longer and narrower culm leaf blades that are often > 20× as long as wide, and increase in length up the culm.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA25, Mi, NY; = Panicum boreale Nash — F, G, HC; < Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann — K4, Pa, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum boreale Nash — C. Basionym: Panicum boreale Nash 1895
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium boreale - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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