Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A. Clark var. addisonii (Nash) Gould & C.A. Clark. Common name: Low Stiff Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Dry to damp sandy woods and fields. Distribution: MA and MN south to Panhandle FL and TX, also in n. Mexico.
ID notes: See note under D. ovale var. ovale and D. aciculare.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, Gould & Clark (1978); = Dichanthelium commonsianum (Ashe) Freckmann — Mi, NY; = Panicum commonsianum Ashe — RAB; = Panicum ovale Elliott var. addisonii (Nash) C.F.Reed; = Panicum ovale Elliott var. pseudopubescens (Nash) Lelong — Lelong (1984); < Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A.Clark — Mex; < Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A.Clark ssp. pseudopubescens (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; < Dichanthelium portoricense (Desv. ex Ham.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin — K4; > Dichanthelium wilmingtonense (Ashe) Wipff — Wipff (2020); > Panicum addisonii Nash — HC, S; < Panicum commonsianum Ashe — C; > Panicum commonsianum Ashe — HC, S; > Panicum commonsianum Ashe var. addisonii (Nash) Fernald — F, G; > Panicum commonsianum Ashe var. commonsianum — F, G, Pa; > Panicum mundum Fernald — F, G, HC; > Panicum wilmingtonense Ashe — HC, S. Basionym: Panicum addisonii Nash 1898
Links to other floras: < Dichanthelium ovale ssp. pseudopubescens - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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