Dichanthelium scribnerianum (Nash) J.R. Thomas. Common name: Scribner's Witchgrass. Phenology: Apr-Nov. Habitat: Black belt prairies, calcareous clay prairies, prairie-like grassland remnants over fragipan soils in the loess plains, calcareous maritime forests, dry thin woods and openings, dry prairies, usually in basic soil. Distribution: Sw. ME to s. BC, south to se. NC, n. GA, and CA, also in n. Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Il; = Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Schult.) Gould ssp. scribnerianum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25, Mi, NY; = Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Schult.) Gould var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould — Va, Gould & Clark (1978); = Panicum oligosanthes Schult. var. scribnerianum (Nash) Fernald — NcTx; = Panicum scribnerianum Nash — S; > Dichanthelium helleri (Nash) Mohlenbr. — Thomas (2021); < Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Schult.) Gould — K4, Mex, Pa; > Dichanthelium scribnerianum (Nash) J.R.Thomas — Thomas (2021); > Panicum helleri Nash — G, HC; < Panicum oligosanthes Schult. — C, RAB; > Panicum oligosanthes Schult. — G; > Panicum oligosanthes Schult. var. helleri (Nash) Fernald — F; > Panicum oligosanthes Schult. var. scribnerianum (Nash) Fernald — F; > Panicum scribnerianum Nash — HC. Basionym: Panicum scribnerianum Nash 1895
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. scribnerianum - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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