PLANTS Profile for Dichanthelium boreale (northern panicgrass)

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Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann
northern panicgrass

Symbol:

DIBO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

Panicum bicknellii

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 145. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

	PABI7	Panicum bicknellii Nash
	PABIB	Panicum bicknellii Nash var. bushii (Nash) Farw.
	PABO8	Panicum boreale Nash
	PABOM	Panicum boreale Nash var. michiganense Farw.
	PABU2	Panicum bushii Nash
	PACA19	Panicum calliphyllum Ashe

Distribution:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann


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USA (CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium

Classification:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) 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 boreale (Nash) Freckmann – northern panicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

This plant and 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.

Illinois:
Panicum boreale
northern panic grass		Endangered
Indiana:
Panicum bicknellii
a panic-grass		Endangered
Panicum boreale
northern witchgrass		Rare
Iowa:
northern panic-grass		Endangered
Kentucky:
northern witch grass		Special Concern
Maryland:
Panicum boreale
northern panicgrass		Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey:
Panicum boreale
northern panic grass		Endangered
Ohio:
Panicum bicknellii
Bicknell's panic-grass		Threatened
Panicum boreale
northern panic-grass		Threatened
Panicum calliphyllum
tall green panic-grass		Presumed Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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FACU,FACU+

FACU

FACU+

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More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41654.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 07:02 AM MDT