Dichanthelium sphagnicola (Nash) LeBlond. Common name: Peaty Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Edges of cypress swamps, in sphagnous bogs, moist shady places. Distribution: GA (Chatham, Camden, Lanier counties) (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) to FL; should be sought in se. SC. Treated in synonymy with Panicum dichotomum by Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968), but no specimen is known from the Carolinas.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This species is similar to D. lucidum in appearance, and differs most readily by its larger pubescent spikelets with smooth fertile lemma and palea.
Synonymy ⓘ: = LeBlond (2001a); = Panicum sphagnicola Nash — HC, S; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould ssp. lucidum (Ashe) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; < Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. dichotomum — K4, Gould & Clark (1978); < Panicum dichotomum L. — RAB; < Panicum dichotomum L. var. lucidum (Ashe) Lelong — Lelong (1984). Basionym: Panicum sphagnicola Nash 1895
Links to other floras: < Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. lucidum - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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