Dichanthelium aciculare

Dichanthelium aciculare
Photo taken by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order:	Cyperales
Family:	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus:	Dichanthelium
Species:	D. aciculare
Binomial name
Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A. Clark
Natural range of Dichanthelium aciculare from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: needleleaf rosette grass

Ecology

Habitat

Dichanthelium aciculare can occur in wet pine flatwoods, dune swales, bayheads, Myrica flats, turkey oak barrens, longleaf pine/turkey oak woods, creek banks, flooded cattail sloughs, depression marshes, coastal hammocks, longleaf pine/scrub oak ridges, cabbage palm/mixed oak communities, bog margins, sand pine scrubs, open palmetto scrubs, coastal scrubs, and edges of cypress depression swamps. It has also been recorded in disturbed areas such as along highways, man-made ponds, roadsides, and old fields (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Pinus palustrus, Quercus laevis, Aristida beyrichiana, Baccharis and Myrica (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include loam, sand, sandy peat, sandy clay, loamy sand, coarse sand, and silt (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been observed flowering April through October and fruiting in May (FSU Herbarium).

Fire ecology

It has been observed in recently burned mesic pine flatwoods and a frequently burned low hillside seepage slope (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.