Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann. Common name: Matting Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Dry to damp sand of shores and woods. Distribution: Sw. NS and MA to MN, south to e. NC, n. GA, and n. AL.
ID notes: A micrometer is needed to measure the very short puberulence (0.1 mm) that distinguishes this taxon, D. leucothrix, and D. wrightianum from other members of the D. acuminatum group.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Mi, NY, Pa, Va, Freckmann (1981); = Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark ssp. implicatum (Scribn. ex Nash) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; = Dichanthelium implicatum (Scribn. ex Nash) Kerguélen — Mi; = Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. implicatum (Scribn.) Beetle, misapplied; = Panicum meridionale Ashe — G; < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark — K4; < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. acuminatum; < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. implicatum (Scribn.) Gould & Clark — Gould & Clark (1978); > Dichanthelium albemarlense (Nash) Mohlenbr. — Il; < Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. unciphyllum (Trin.) Lelong — Lelong (1984); > Panicum albemarlense Ashe — HC, S, WV; > Panicum columbianum Scribn. var. thinium Hitchc. & Chase — HC; < Panicum lanuginosum Elliott — RAB; < Panicum leucothrix Nash — C; > Panicum meridionale Ashe — HC, S, WV; > Panicum meridionale Ashe var. albemarlense (Ashe) Fernald — F; > Panicum meridionale Ashe var. meridionale — F; > Panicum oricola Hitchc. & Chase — HC; Panicum meridionale Ashe. Basionym: Panicum meridionale Ashe 1898
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. implicatum - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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