Diplachne fascicularis (Lamarck) Palisot de Beauvois. Bearded Sprangletop. Phen: Jan-Dec. Hab: Freshwater marshes (in s. FL), beds of artificial impoundments, brackish habitats, disturbed areas. Dist: Widespread in e. North America, primarily west of the Appalachians (adventive farther east), and extending into South America. Reported (as L. fascicularis) for SC by Nelson & Kelly (1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = F, FlGr, S13; = Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A.Gray – Il, Tx; = Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A.Gray var. fascicularis – C, G; < Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. ssp. fascicularis (Lam.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow – K3, K4, Snow et al (2018); < Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. var. fascicularis (Lam.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow – Peterson et al (2012), Snow & Peterson (2012); < Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A.Gray – Bah, GW1, HC, Meso6, NcTx, RAB, S, SFla; < Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth – Mex; < Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. fascicularis (Lam.) N.Snow – Ar, FNA25, K1, Mi, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, WH3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ?: 9