Dichanthelium filiramum

(Ashe) LeBlond

Hairy Needle-leaved Witch Grass

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1134079
Element CodePMPOA242F0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusDichanthelium
Synonyms
Dichanthelium chrysopsidifolium(Nash) J.R. Thomas & WipffPanicum chrysopsidifoliumNash
Concept Reference
Gleason, H.A. 1952. The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 3 volumes. Hafner Press, New York. 1732 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Dichanthelium filiramum was published by LeBlond (2016). It is a species of dry to moist sandy pinelands ranging from Delaware south to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas; also in the West Indies (Weakley 2015). "The Ashe type for Panicum filiramum was treated as a synonym of P. aciculare by Hitchcock & Chase (1910), but it is the same as Nash's P. chrysopsidifolium published three years later. Lower leaves of the Florida type of P. chrysopsidifolium are up to 10 mm wide, but no plants have been seen outside of Florida with leaves wider than 5 mm. The specific epithet filiramum was changed to filirameum by Hitchcock & Chase, but Ashe's original spelling has been determined to be legitimate." (Weakley 2015).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
LouisianaSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
DelawareSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
MarylandS2Yes
MississippiSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Texas (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little Lake CreekNational Forests in Texas596
References (5)
  1. Gleason, H.A. 1952. The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 3 volumes. Hafner Press, New York. 1732 pp.
  2. LeBlond, R.J. 2016. New combinations in <i>Dichanthelium </i>(Poaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 10(1): 33-43.
  3. NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa which have not yet been described; to be used as a placeholder until a citation is available which describes the circumscription of the taxon.
  4. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. Available: www.herbarium.unc.edu/FloraArchives/WeakleyFlora_2015-05-29.pdf (Accessed 2015).
  5. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2023. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of April 14, 2023. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2105 pp.