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Diplachne

not marked as a favorite taxon Diplachne fascicularis (Lamarck) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Bearded Sprangletop. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Freshwater marshes (in s. FL), beds of artificial impoundments, brackish habitats, disturbed areas. Distribution: 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).

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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 — K4, POWO, 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, Mi, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, WH3; Festuca fascicularis Lamarck. Basionym: Festuca fascicularis Lam. 1791

Links to other floras: < Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis - FNA25

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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

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