Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Mohlenbrock. Mattamuskeet Witchgrass. Phen: May-Oct. Hab: Wet pine savannas, meadows, borders of pocosin shrub swamps, thickets. Dist: Se. MA south to ne. SC.

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 – K1, K3, 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, 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

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