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Dichanthelium strigosum (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Freckmann var. glabrescens (Grisebach) Freckmann. Common name: Hairless Witchgrass. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods, other low, open sandy pinelands and hammocks, bogs. Distribution: GA and FL west to LA; disjunct in se. NC, ne. SC, and se. SC (Bradley et al. [in prep.]; West Indies; Belize.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Included in synonymy with Panicum strigosum by RAB, but no specimen from the Carolinas had been found prior to discovery of a population in Onslow County in 2009.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Dichanthelium leucoblepharis (Trin.) Gould & Clark var. glabrescens (Griseb.) Gould & Clark — Gould & Clark (1978); = Dichanthelium strigosum (Muhl. ex Elliott) Freckmann ssp. glabrescens (Griseb.) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25; = Panicum glabrescens Griseb.; = Panicum polycaulon Nash — HC, S, SFla; > Dichanthelium polycaulon (Nash) Wipff — Wipff (2020); < Dichanthelium strigosum (Muhl. ex Elliott) Freckmann — K4; < Panicum strigosum Muhl. ex Elliott — GW1, RAB; Panicum dichotomum Linnaeus var. glabrescens Grisebach. Basionym: Panicum dichotomum L. var. glabrescens Griseb. 1864

Links to other floras: = Dichanthelium strigosum ssp. glabrescens - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image of plant© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Scott Ward; D. strigosum var. strigosum (left), D. strigosum var. glabrescens (right) | Original Image ⭷
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