Coleataenia longifolia (Torrey) Soreng ssp. combsii (Lamson-Scribner & C.R. Ball) Soreng. Common name: Combs's Panic Grass. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Pond shores, depression meadows, cypress savannas, marshes, low woods. Distribution: Scattered on the outer Coastal Plain from NS (LeBlond in Weakley et al. 2018a), se. MA, NJ, se. VA, se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL, west to se. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Va, Soreng (2010), Weakley et al (2011); = Panicum combsii Scribn. & C.R.Ball — HC, S; = Panicum longifolium Torr. var. combsii (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Fernald — F, G, RAB; = Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees ssp. combsii (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; = Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees var. combsii (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Lelong — Lelong (1986); = Sorengia longifolia (Torr.) Zuloaga & Morrone ssp. combsii (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Zuloaga & Morrone — Zuloaga, Scataglini, & Morrone (2010); < Coleataenia longifolia (Torr.) Soreng — FlGr; < Panicum longifolium Torr. — C, Pa, Tat, Tx, WH3. Basionym: Panicum combsii Scribn. & C.R.Ball 1901
Links to other floras: = Panicum rigidulum ssp. combsii - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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