Coleataenia anceps (Michaux) Soreng ssp. anceps . Beaked Panic Grass. Phen: Jun-Oct. Hab: Moist sandy woods, swamps, sloughs, roadsides, fields, waste places, often weedy. Dist: NY (Long Island), NJ west to IL, south to FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: The leaves of ssp. rhizomata tend to be hairier than those of ssp. anceps.

Synonymy: = NY, Va, Soreng (2010), Weakley et al (2011); = Panicum anceps Michx. – HC, S, WV; = Panicum anceps Michx. ssp. anceps – Ar, FNA25, Tn; = Panicum anceps Michx. var. anceps – F, G, RAB, Lelong (1986); = Sorengia anceps (Michx.) Zuloaga & Morrone ssp. anceps – Zuloaga, Scataglini, & Morrone (2010); < Coleataenia anceps (Michx.) Soreng – FlGr, Il, K3, K4; < Panicum anceps Michx. – C, ETx1, GW1, K1, NcTx, Pa, Tat, Tx, W, WH3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily: 7