PLANTS Profile for Dichanthelium meridionale (matting rosette grass)

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Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann
matting rosette grass

Symbol:

DIME2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann

Panicum albemarlense

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann

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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann

	DIMEA	Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann var. acuminatum (Ashe) Mohlenbr.
	PAACU	Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. unciphyllum (Trin.) Lelong
	PAAL13	Panicum albemarlense Ashe
	PAME7	Panicum meridionale Ashe
	PAMEA	Panicum meridionale Ashe var. albemarlense (Ashe) Fernald

Distribution:
Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium

Classification:
Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) 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 meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann – matting rosette grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann

The synonyms italicized and indented below are 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 meridionale
southern hairy panic-grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502036.

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: 10/22/2008 05:06 AM MDT