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Panicum flexile (Gattinger) Lamson-Scribner. Section: Panicum. Common name: Wiry Panic Grass. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Glades and openings over mafic or calcareous rocks, damp sandy meadows, open woodlands. Distribution: NY, sw. QC, S. ON, and ND south to n. FL, TX, and Mexico (CHH, COA, DUR, NLE). First reported for SC by Nelson & Kelly (1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Darbyshire & Cayouette (1995), Lelong (1986), Zuloaga & Morrone (1996); = n/a — Tat; Panicum capillare Linnaeus var. flexile Gattinger. Basionym: Panicum capillare L. var. flexile Gatt. 1887

Links to other floras: = Panicum flexile - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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