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Dichanthelium dichotomum

(L.) Gould

Forked Panicgrass

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.959359

Element CodePMPOA24270

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusDichanthelium

Other Common Names

Cypress Witchgrass (EN) Panic brillant (FR) Small-fruited Panicgrass (EN)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 25. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxv + 781 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 25, 2003) here recognizes seven distinct subspecies in Dichanthelium dichotomum: dichotomum, lucidum, mattamuskeetense, microcarpon, nitidum, roanokense, and yadkinense. Kartesz (1994) recognizes five distinct varieties in D. dichotomum: dichotomum (which includes ssp. nitidum, lucidum, microcarpon, roanokense, and yadkinense), breve (= D. chamaelonche ssp. breve), glabrifolium, tenue (= D. tenue), and ensifolium (= D. ensifolium).

Conservation Status

Review Date2016-01-14

Change Date2016-01-14

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Virginia	S5	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S5	Yes
Illinois	S4	Yes
Georgia	S5	Yes
Delaware	S5	Yes
Mississippi	SNR	Yes
Louisiana	S5	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S3	Yes
Florida	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kelley Mountain	George Washington National Forest	7,590

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 25. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxv + 781 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.