PLANTS Profile for Dichanthelium spretum (Eaton's rosette grass)

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Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann
Eaton's rosette grass

Symbol:

DISP4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

Panicum octonodum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 151. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

	DIACD	Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. densiflorum (Rand & Redf.) Gould & C.A. Clark
	PAACD	Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. densiflorum (Rand & Redf.) Lelong
	PAEA	Panicum eatonii Nash
	PANID	Panicum nitidum Lam. var. densiflorum Rand & Redf.
	PANIO	Panicum nitidum Lam. var. octonodum (Sm.) Scribn. & Merr.
	PAOC2	Panicum octonodum Sm.
	PAPA23	Panicum paucipilum Nash
	PASP9	Panicum spretum Schult.

Distribution:
Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA), CAN (NB, NS, ON)

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium

Classification:
Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

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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 spretum (Schult.) Freckmann – Eaton's rosette grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

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.

Ohio:
Panicum spretum
narrow-headed panic-grass		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Panicum spretum
acuminate dichanthelium		Endangered
Tennessee:
Panicum acuminatum var. densiflorum
Eaton's witchgrass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502038.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 08:35 PM MDT