Flora of the Southeastern United States

Panicum philadelphicum Bernhardi ex Trinius ssp. philadelphicum. Common name: Woodland Panic Grass. Habitat: Glades, barrens, desiccated pondshores, riversides, and other rocky or dry sandy soil of open woods and roadsides. Distribution: Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin, south to Georgia and e. Texas.

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, K1, NcTx, RAB, S, Tat, Tx, Va, WV; = Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. var. philadelphicum — NE, Haines (2010); < Panicum capillare L. var. sylvaticum Torrey — ETx1, W; < Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. — Can, K4, NS, POWO, 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. 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