PLANTS Profile for Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ensifolium (cypress panicgrass)

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Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark
cypress panicgrass

Symbol:

DIDIE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

Panicum chamaelonche

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 dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

	DIEN	Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould
	PACH9	Panicum chamaelonche Trin.
	PADIE	Panicum dichotomum L. var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) C.F. Reed
	PADIN	Panicum dichotomum L. var. nitidum Chapm. ex Scribn.
	PAEN3	Panicum ensifolium Baldw. ex Elliot
	PAENC	Panicum ensifolium Baldw. ex Elliot var. curtifolium (Nash) Lelong
	PAFL10	Panicum flavovirens Nash
	PAVE4	Panicum vernale Hitchc. & Chase

Distribution:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium, 5 varieties in Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould

Classification:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

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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 dichotomum (L.) Gould – cypress panicgrass
Variety	Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark – cypress panicgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

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.

Tennessee:
Panicum ensifolium
small-leaved panicgrass		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

Dichanthelium dichotomum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FAC

FAC

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould & C.A. Clark

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 527692.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 04:37 AM MDT