Dichanthelium microcarpon (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Mohlenbrock. Small-fruited Witchgrass. Phen: May-Oct. Hab: Floodplain forests, swamps, openings, and borders of streams and ponds, and occasionally in dry upland woods. Dist: MA and MI south to FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: All nodes are typically densely retrorsely bearded.

Synonymy: = Il, Mi, NY, Pa; = Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. microcarpon (Muhl. ex Elliott) Freckmann & Lelong – FNA25; = Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ramulosum (Torr.) LeBlond – Va, LeBlond (2001a); = Panicum dichotomum L. var. ramulosum (Torr.) Lelong – Lelong (1984); = Panicum microcarpon Muhl. ex Elliott – F, HC, S, WV; = Panicum nitidum Lam. var. ramulosum Torr. – G; ~ Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. ramulosum (Muhl. ex Elliott) Freckmann & Lelong; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. dichotomum – K1, K3, K4, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum dichotomum L. – C, GW1, NcTx, RAB

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