Dichanthelium dichotomum (Linnaeus) Gould var. nitidum (Lamarck) LeBlond. Shining Witchgrass. Hab: Moist sandy or peaty soil of wet pine savannas and pocosin ecotones, wet meadows near the coast, swamps, and marshes. Dist: PA and NJ south to FL, west to MO and TX; Bahamas (Sorrie & LeBlond 1997) and West Indies; Mexico to Venezuela.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Va, LeBlond (2001a); = Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. nitidum (Lam.) Freckmann & Lelong – FNA25; = Panicum dichotomum L. var. nitidum (Lam.) Wood – Lelong (1984); = Panicum nitidum Lam. – F, HC, Mi, S; = Panicum nitidum Lam. var. nitidum – G; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould – Bah, Mex, Pa; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. dichotomum – K1, K3, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum dichotomum L. – C, GW1, RAB

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