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It can be found in relatively undisturbed areas,<ref>Thaxton, J. M. (2003). Effects of fire intensity on groundcover shrubs in a frequently burned longleaf pine savanna. Ann Arbor, MI, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Ph.D.: 146. Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.</ref> including longleaf pine savannas,<ref name="Thaxton 2003"/> saw palmetto-wax myrtle thickets, sandhill ridges, and bogs (FSU Herbarium). However, ''D. strigosum also occurs in disturbed areas like power line corridors, roadsides, fields, and clear-cuts (FSU Herbarium). This species seems to prefer moist sandy soils (FSU Herbarium).
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It can be found in relatively undisturbed areas,<ref>Thaxton, J. M. (2003). Effects of fire intensity on groundcover shrubs in a frequently burned longleaf pine savanna. Ann Arbor, MI, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Ph.D.: 146. Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.</ref> including longleaf pine savannas,<ref name="Thaxton 2003"/> saw palmetto-wax myrtle thickets, sandhill ridges, and bogs (FSU Herbarium). However, ''D. strigosum'' also occurs in disturbed areas like power line corridors, roadsides, fields, and clear-cuts (FSU Herbarium). This species seems to prefer moist sandy soils (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
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Revision as of 14:22, 13 July 2015

Dichanthelium strigosum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Dichanthelium
Species: D. strigosum
Binomial name
Dichanthelium strigosum
(Muhl. ex Elliott) Freckmann
DICH STRI dist.jpg
Natural range of Dichanthelium strigosum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: roughhair rosette grass

Synonym Name: Panicum strigosum Muhl. ex Elliott

Dichanthelium strigosum is a perennial graminoid theat tends to grow in thick mats (FSU Herbarium).

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It can be found in relatively undisturbed areas,[1] including longleaf pine savannas,[2] saw palmetto-wax myrtle thickets, sandhill ridges, and bogs (FSU Herbarium). However, D. strigosum also occurs in disturbed areas like power line corridors, roadsides, fields, and clear-cuts (FSU Herbarium). This species seems to prefer moist sandy soils (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowering and fruiting has been observed in February, as well as April through August (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

It is dispersed by gravity.[3]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It can tolerate biennial, early growing season prescribed fires.[2]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014.

Collectors: Cecil R. Slaughter, Loran C. Anderson, S. W. Leonard, A. E. Radford, H. L. Blomquist, D. S. Correll, Wm. G. Atwater, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, R. Komarek, K. E. Blum, R.K. Godfrey, Ed Tyson, A. F. Clewell, Annie Schmidt, Wilson Baker, Richard W. Pohl, Frank W. Gould, and H. Kurz.

States and Counties: Alabama: Convington. Florida: Bay, Brevard, Dade, Escambia, Franklin, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leon, Madison, Nassau, Okaloosa, Polk, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia : Baker and Thomas. North Carolina: Brunswick. South Carolina: Greenwood and Jasper.

Other Countries: Panama (United States of America).

  1. Thaxton, J. M. (2003). Effects of fire intensity on groundcover shrubs in a frequently burned longleaf pine savanna. Ann Arbor, MI, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Ph.D.: 146. Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Thaxton, J. M. (2003). Effects of fire intensity on groundcover shrubs in a frequently burned longleaf pine savanna. Ann Arbor, MI, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Ph.D.: 146.
  3. Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92(3): 409-421.