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Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldwin ex Elliott) Gould. Common name: Small-leaved Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Wet to mesic peaty, sandy, or mucky soils, often in open pinelands or with Sphagnum. Distribution: NJ south to FL, west to e. TX and AR.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Plants with pubescent spikelets are frequent.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, LeBlond (2018b) in Weakley et al (2018a); = Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldwin ex Elliott) Gould ssp. ensifolium — FNA25; = Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott — F; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldwin) Gould & Clark — K4, Gould & Clark (1978); > Dichanthelium flavovirens (Nash) Wipff — Wipff (2020); > Dichanthelium vernale (Hitchc. & Chase) Wipff — Wipff (2020); < Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott — C, G, GW1, RAB, SFla; > Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott — HC, S; < Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott var. ensifolium — Lelong (1984); > Panicum flavovirens Nash — HC, S; > Panicum vernale Hitchc. & Chase — HC, S; Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott. Basionym: Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott 1816

Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium ensifolium ssp. ensifolium - FNA25

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