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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
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Synonyms: ''Panicum chrysopsidifolium'' Nash; ''P. consanguineum'' Kunth; ''P. aciculare'' Desvaux ex Poiret; ''P. lanuginosum'' Elliott var. ''lanuginosum''; ''Dichanthelium acuminatum'' (Swartz) Gould & C.A. Clark var. ''acuminatum''.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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This species is still being clarified, and is associated with the ''Dichanthelium aciculare'' complex as well as the ''D. acuminatum'' complex.<ref name= "Weakley">Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>
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==Description==  
 
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''Dichanthelium filiramum'' is a perennial graminoid in the Poaceae family. Leaves are longitudinally wrinkled 15 to 20 times or more as long as wide, and also contains strongly nerved spikelets. Nodes are villous with longer ligules as well.<ref name= "Weakley"/>
 
==Distribution==
 
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The species is native to the eastern United States from Delaware south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is also native to the West Indies.<ref name= "Weakley"/>
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==Ecology==
 
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''D. filiramum'' can be found pinelands ranging from dry to moist soils.<ref name= "Weakley"/> A specimen collected from the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida panhandle found the species frequent in an open area of cutover pine flatwoods that was near a trail in wet loamy sand.<ref name= "herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: April 2019. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin.</ref>
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This species generally flowers from May until October.<ref name= "Weakley"/> This species was observed fruiting in May.<ref name= "herbarium"/>
 
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''D. filiramum'' will increase under heavy grazing by cattle, but continuous use may lead to a decrease and replacement by other grasses. The species is somewhat palatable, and functions as forage for cattle in the early winter and spring.<ref name= "Forestland Grazing">Byrd, Nathan A. (1980). "Forestland Grazing: A Guide For Service Foresters In The South." U.S. Department of Agriculture.</ref>
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 14:37, 24 June 2022

hairy needle-leaved witch grass

Dichanthelium filiramum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dichanthelium
Species: D. filiramum
Binomial name
Dichanthelium filiramum
Ashe

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Panicum chrysopsidifolium Nash; P. consanguineum Kunth; P. aciculare Desvaux ex Poiret; P. lanuginosum Elliott var. lanuginosum; Dichanthelium acuminatum (Swartz) Gould & C.A. Clark var. acuminatum.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

This species is still being clarified, and is associated with the Dichanthelium aciculare complex as well as the D. acuminatum complex.[2]

Description

Dichanthelium filiramum is a perennial graminoid in the Poaceae family. Leaves are longitudinally wrinkled 15 to 20 times or more as long as wide, and also contains strongly nerved spikelets. Nodes are villous with longer ligules as well.[2]

Distribution

The species is native to the eastern United States from Delaware south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is also native to the West Indies.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

D. filiramum can be found pinelands ranging from dry to moist soils.[2] A specimen collected from the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida panhandle found the species frequent in an open area of cutover pine flatwoods that was near a trail in wet loamy sand.[3]

Phenology

This species generally flowers from May until October.[2] This species was observed fruiting in May.[3] D. filiramum will increase under heavy grazing by cattle, but continuous use may lead to a decrease and replacement by other grasses. The species is somewhat palatable, and functions as forage for cattle in the early winter and spring.[4]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: April 2019. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin.
  4. Byrd, Nathan A. (1980). "Forestland Grazing: A Guide For Service Foresters In The South." U.S. Department of Agriculture.