Panicum philadelphicum Bernhardi ex Trinius ssp. philadelphicum. Common name: Woodland Panic Grass. Habitat: Glades, barren, desiccated pondshores, riversides, and other rocky or dry sandy soil of open wood and roadsides. Distribution: NS west to WI, south to GA and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Plants formerly known as P. tuckermanii Fernald, ranging from se. Canada south to n. VA and OH, are distinguished by included or short-exserted peduncles less than one-third as long as the panicles (the peduncle measured from the summit of the flag sheath).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA25; = Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. — C, G, Il, NcTx, RAB, S, Tat, Tx, Va, WV; = Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. var. philadelphicum — NE, Haines (2010); < Panicum capillare L. var. sylvaticum Torr. — ETx1, W; < Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. — Zuloaga & Morrone (1996); > Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. — F, HC, Mi, Pa, Darbyshire & Cayouette (1995); > Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. ssp. philadelphicum — NY; > Panicum tuckermani Fernald — F; > Panicum tuckermanii Fernald — HC, Mi, NY, Pa, Darbyshire & Cayouette (1995); > Panicum tuckermannii — NE, orthographic variant; Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. Basionym: Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. 1826
Links to other floras: = Panicum philadelphicum ssp. philadelphicum - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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