Aristida dichotoma Michaux. Fork-tip Three-awn, Poverty Grass. Phen: Aug-Nov. Hab: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, bare eroding soil. Dist: ME west to WI, south to n. FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See A. curtissii for comments.

Synonymy: = C, ETx1, G, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, Va; = Aristida dichotoma Michx. var. dichotoma – Ar, F, FlGr, FNA25, K1, K3, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, W, WH3, WV, Allred (1986)

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
• Great Plains: FACU
• Midwest: FACU
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily: 9