PLANTS Profile for Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon (roundseed panicgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon
roundseed panicgrass

Symbol:

DISPS3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

Panicum sphaerocarpon

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Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

	PASP8	Panicum sphaerocarpon Elliot
	PASPI	Panicum sphaerocarpon Elliot var. inflatum (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Hitchc. & Chase

Distribution:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium, 2 varieties in Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould

Classification:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Dichanthelium (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould – rosette grass
Species	Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould – roundseed panicgrass
Variety	Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon – roundseed panicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Panicum sphaerocarpon
panic grass		Special Concern
New Hampshire:
Panicum sphaerocarpon
spherical panic-grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliot) Gould var. sphaerocarpon

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527702.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 11:33 PM MDT