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Dichanthelium villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann var. villosissimum . Common name: White-haired Witchgrass. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: Dry sandy soil of open woods and prairies. Distribution: MA south to FL, west to TX; Mexico and Mesoamerica.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Appearing to be related to D. ovale based on such characters as the double ligule.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, Freckmann (1981); = Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A.Clark var. villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong; = Panicum ovale Elliott var. villosum (A.Gray) Lelong — Lelong (1984); = Panicum villosissimum Nash — C, RAB, WV; < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark — Mex, Freckmann et al. (2008); < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. acuminatum; < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. villosum (A.Gray) Gould & C.A.Clark — Gould & Clark (1978); > Dichanthelium ovale (Elliott) Gould & C.A.Clark ssp. villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; < Dichanthelium villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann — NY, Pa; > Panicum pseudopubescens Nash — HC, S; >< Panicum villosissimum Nash — HC, S; > Panicum villosissimum Nash var. pseudopubescens (Nash) Fernald — F, G; > Panicum villosissimum Nash var. villosissimum — F, G; Panicum villosissimum Nash. Basionym: Panicum villosissimum Nash 1896

Links to other floras: > Dichanthelium ovale ssp. villosissimum - 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 ⓘ: 8

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