Coleataenia pulchra (F. Dietrich) Mabberley & LeBlond. Tall Flat Panic Grass. Phen: Aug-Oct. Hab: Marshes, low woods, ditches, swamps, shores, meadows, beaver marshes. Dist: CT and NY west to IN, south to GA, LA, and ne. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Mabberley (2020) explained the nomenclatural reasons for replacing C. stipitata with C. pulchra.

Synonymy: = Mabberley (2020); = Coleataenia longifolia (Torr.) Soreng ssp. elongata (Pursh) Soreng – Soreng (2010), Zuloaga, Scataglini, & Morrone (2010); = Coleataenia stipitata (Nash) LeBlond – Il, K3, K4, NY, Va, Weakley et al (2011); = Panicum agrostoides Spreng. var. elongatum (Pursh) Scribn. – G; = Panicum elongatum Pursh; = Panicum elongatum Pursh var. elongatum; = Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees ssp. elongatum (Pursh) Freckmann & Lelong – FNA25, Tn; = Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees var. elongatum (Pursh) Lelong – K1, W, Lelong (1986); = Panicum stipitatum Nash – F, HC, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, WV; = Sorengia longifolia (Torr.) Zuloaga & Morrone ssp. elongata (Scribn.) Zuloaga & Morrone – NE; < Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees – C, GW1, WH3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
• Great Plains: FACW (name change)
• Midwest: FACW (name change)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily: 8