Dichanthelium (witchgrass)

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Poaceae > Dichanthelium (witchgrass)

witchgrass (Dichanthelium sp.) Dichanthelium sp.
Granitic glade in Montgomery Co, NC
17 May 2013

Formerly considered a subgenus of Panicum, prevailing taxonomic thought is to separate this group to its own genus. This is one of the most difficult genera in North Carolina in which to make species determinations!

witchgrass (Dichanthelium sp.) Dichanthelium sp.
Granitic glade in Montgomery Co, NC
17 May 2013

witchgrass (Dichanthelium sp.) Dichanthelium sp.
Granitic glade in Montgomery Co, NC
17 May 2013

witchgrass (Dichanthelium sp.) Dichanthelium sp.
Granitic glade in Montgomery Co, NC
17 May 2013


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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