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Coleataenia

not marked as a favorite taxon Coleataenia pulchra (F. Dietrich) Mabberley & LeBlond. Common name: Tall Flat Panic Grass. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Marshes, low woods, ditches, swamps, shores, meadows, beaver marshes. Distribution: CT and NY west to IN, south to GA, LA, and ne. TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Mabberley (2020) explained the nomenclatural reasons for replacing C. stipitata with C. pulchra.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Mabberley (2020); = Coleataenia longifolia (Torr.) Soreng ssp. elongata (Pursh) Soreng — Soreng (2010), Zuloaga, Scataglini, & Morrone (2010); = Coleataenia stipitata (Nash) LeBlond — Il, K4, NY, Va, Weakley et al (2011); = Panicum agrostoides Spreng. var. elongatum (Pursh) Scribn. — G; = Panicum elongatum Pursh; = Panicum elongatum Pursh var. elongatum; = Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees ssp. elongatum (Pursh) Freckmann & Lelong — FNA25, Tn; = Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees var. elongatum (Pursh) Lelong — W, Lelong (1986); = Panicum stipitatum Nash — F, HC, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, WV; = Sorengia longifolia (Torr.) Zuloaga & Morrone ssp. elongata (Scribn.) Zuloaga & Morrone — NE; < Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees — C, GW1, WH3; Panicum pulchrum F.G. Dietrich. Basionym: Panicum pulchrum F.Dietr. 1819

Links to other floras: = Panicum rigidulum ssp. elongatum - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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