Dinebra panicea (Retzius) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow ssp. brachiata (Steudel) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow. Common name: Red Sprangletop. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Sandy fields, disturbed bottomlands, agricultural fields, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Widespread in the Western Hemisphere.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The more familiar epithet, Leptochloa filiformis, must be replaced for reasons of nomenclatural priority.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NSProv, POWO, Va, Peterson et al (2012), Snow & Peterson (2012); = Leptochloa brachiata Steud. = Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi ssp. brachiata (Steud.) N.Snow — Ar, FNA25, Il, Mo1, Pa, Tn; = n/a — Tat; < Dinebra panicea (Retz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow — ETx1; < Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) P.Beauv. — C, F, G, GW1, HC, RAB, S, SFla, Tx, W; < Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi — Mex. Basionym: Leptochloa brachiata Steud. 1855
Links to other floras: = Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata - 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: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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