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Dichanthelium

not marked as a favorite taxon Dichanthelium longiligulatum (Nash) Freckmann. Common name: Long-ligule Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Limesink ponds, depression meadows, cypress savannas, pine savannas, bogs, swamps. Distribution: NJ and PA south to FL, also in TN, KY (KYNPC, pers.comm., 2024), e. TX, and Central America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: Intermediate forms between this taxon and D. spretum occur.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, Freckmann (1981); = Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark ssp. longiligulatum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; = Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. longiligulatum (Nash) Gould & C.A.Clark — Gould & Clark (1978); = Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. longiligulatum (Nash) Lelong — Lelong (1984); = Panicum longiligulatum Nash — HC, RAB, S; = Panicum spretum Schult. var. longiligulatum (Nash) D.B.Ward; < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark — Pa; < Dichanthelium leucothrix (Nash) Freckmann — K4; < Panicum lanuginosum Elliott var. lindheimeri (Nash) Fernald — C, G; < Panicum spretum Schult. — GW1. Basionym: Panicum longiligulatum Nash 1899

Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. longiligulatum - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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