Dichanthelium pinetorum (Swallen) LeBlond. Pineland Witchgrass. Phen: Apr-Nov. Hab: Open sandy pine and pine/oak woodlands. Dist: 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, K1, K3, Gould & Clark (1978); < Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark – K4

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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