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Dichanthelium

not marked as a favorite taxon Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Mohlenbrock. Common name: Mattamuskeet Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, meadows, borders of pocosin shrub swamps, thickets. Distribution: Se. MA south to ne. SC.

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ID notes: Typically a robust plant, often richly tinged with dark purple-maroon.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = NY, Va, LeBlond (2001a); < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. dichotomum — K4, Gould & Clark (1978); > Panicum annulum Ashe var. glabrescens Gleason — G; > Panicum clutei Nash — HC, S, WV; < Panicum dichotomum L. — C, GW1, RAB; > Panicum dichotomum L. var. clutei (Nash) C.F.Reed, illegitimate; < Panicum dichotomum L. var. mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Lelong — Lelong (1984); > Panicum mattamuskeetense Ashe — G, HC, S; > Panicum mattamuskeetense Ashe var. clutei (Nash) Fernald — F; > Panicum mattamuskeetense Ashe var. mattamuskeetense — F. Basionym: Panicum mattamuskeetense Ashe 1898

Links to other floras: < Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. mattamuskeetense - FNA25

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