Dichanthelium curtifolium (Nash) LeBlond. Common name: Short-leaved Witchgrass. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous streamhead swamps, mountain streams, marl meadows. Distribution: Disjunctly distributed in w. VA, w. NC and e. TN, e. SC, FL, and MS
ID notes: The combination of characters is quite distinctive for the genus in our region.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = LeBlond (2011) in Weakley et al (2011), LeBlond (2018b) in Weakley et al (2018a); = Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldwin ex Elliott) Gould ssp. curtifolium (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; = Panicum curtifolium Nash — HC, RAB, S; = Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott var. curtifolium (Nash) Lelong — Lelong (1984); < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. implicatum (Scribn.) Gould & Clark — Gould & Clark (1978); < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldwin) Gould & Clark — K4; < Panicum ensifolium Baldwin ex Elliott — C. Basionym: Panicum curtifolium Nash 1899
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium ensifolium ssp. curtifolium - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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