Dichanthelium pinetorum (Swallen) LeBlond. Common name: Pineland Witchgrass. Phenology: Apr-Nov. Habitat: Open sandy pine and pine/oak woodlands. Distribution: Endemic to central and south FL, as far north as Hillsborough County, FL.

ID notes: This rarely collected species is distinguished by its 2-3 mm-wide leaves, narrow vernal panicles, spikelets 2.3-3.2 mm long, with blunt to pointed second glumes and sterile lemmas exceeding fertile lemma. Plants are often nearly glabrous.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, LeBlond (2016), LeBlond (2017a) in Weakley et al (2017); = Panicum pinetorum Swallen — HC, S, SFla; < Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A.Clark — FNA25, Gould & Clark (1978); < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark — K4. Basionym: Panicum pinetorum Swallen 1942

Links to other floras: < Dichanthelium aciculare - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 9