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Common Name: roundseed panicgrass
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Revision as of 12:45, 2 July 2015

Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Dichanthelium
Species: D. sphaerocarpon
Binomial name
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
(Elliott) Gould
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Natural range of Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: roundseed panicgrass

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It is abundant in barrens habitats.[1]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It increased from absent to 19 plots within the span of six years after an early dormant-season fire in 1989 at Gibbons Creek Barrens.[1]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Taft, J. B. (2003). "Fire effects on community structure, composition, and diversity in a dry sandstone barrens." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130: 170-192.