Dichanthelium microcarpon (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Mohlenbrock. Common name: Small-fruited Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Floodplain forests, swamps, openings, and borders of streams and ponds, and occasionally in dry upland woods. Distribution: 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 — K4, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum dichotomum L. — C, GW1, NcTx, RAB. Basionym: Panicum microcarpon Muhl. ex Elliott 1816
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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