Dichanthelium boscii (Poiret) Gould & C.A. Clark. Common name: Bosc's Witchgrass. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: In a variety of shaded to partially open mesic to dry woodlands (oak-hickory). Also, occasionally in a variety of fields, powerlines, clearcuts, glades, barrens, rocky woodlands, creeksides, ravines, and (less commonly) floodplains. Distribution: MA and IL south to n. FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, K4, NY, Pa, Va, Gould & Clark (1978); = Panicum boscii Poir. — C, G, NcTx, RAB, (basionym); > Dichanthelium boscii (Poir.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. boscii — Il; > Dichanthelium boscii (Poir.) Gould & C.A.Clark var. molle (Vasey) Mohlenbr. — Il; > Panicum boscii Poir. var. boscii — F, HC, S, WV; > Panicum boscii Poir. var. molle (Vasey) Hitchc. & Chase — F, HC, S, WV; > Panicum pubiflorum Nash
Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium boscii - FNA25
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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