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Digitaria

not marked as a favorite taxon *Digitaria eriantha Steudel ssp. pentzii (Stent) Kok. Common name: Pangola Grass. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Pastures, canal banks, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Africa. Introduced in Florida peninsula (Wunderlin & Hansen 2003, 2006).

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Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25; = Digitaria pentzii Stent; < Digitaria eriantha Steudel — K1, K4, NS, POWO, WH3. Basionym: Digitaria pentzii Stent 1930

Links to other floras: = Digitaria eriantha ssp. pentzii - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (name change)

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