Dichanthelium boscii (Poiret) Gould & C.A. Clark. Bosc's Witchgrass. Phen: Apr-Sep. Hab: 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. Dist: MA and IL south to n. FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy: = FlGr, FNA25, K1, K3, K4, NY, Pa, Va, Gould & Clark (1978); = Panicum boscii Poir. – C, G, NcTx, RAB; > Dichanthelium boscii var. boscii – Il; > Dichanthelium boscii 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
Heliophily: 4
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