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Dichanthelium

not marked as a favorite taxon Dichanthelium patentifolium (Nash) J. Wipff. Common name: Spreadleaf Witchgrass. Phenology: Apr-Nov. Habitat: Dry to mesic sandy flatwoods, dry scrub hammocks, sometimes on slopes to edges of wetlands. Distribution: Disjunct from Se. VA and coastal NC to GA and FL (where most abundant), west to AL and MS.

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ID notes: The glabrous herbage is suggestive of plants with smaller leaves in the D. dichotomum group.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Wipff (2020); = n/a — RAB; = Panicum patentifolium Nash — HC, S; < Dichanthelium portoricense (Desv. ex Ham.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin — FlGr, K4, WH3. Basionym: Panicum patentifolium Nash 1899

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

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