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

Common name: cypress panicgrass

Taxonomic notes

Description

Dichanthelium ensifolium is a perennial graminoid.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

D. ensifolium is found in moist to wet areas, in a variety of soils including peat, sand and silt over clay, loam, and loamy sand (FSU Herbarium). It is found in wet pine savannas[1], marshes, pine flatwoods, peat-sedge bogs, white cedar swamps, near streams, hillside seepage bogs, riparian mixed hardwood communities, mixed hardwood-bald cypress swamps, and sandhill scrub communities (FSU Herbarium). It also occurs in disturbed habitats including power line corridors, old fields, clear-cut and site prepared pine plantations, roadsides and near trails (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Species has been observed flowering and fruiting in August, September, November, and December (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

D. ensifolium has been found in burned flatwoods and marshes (FSU Herbarium).

Average flowering stalk density increased significantly at sites in the first flowering season following fire[1].

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: Loran C. Anderson, A.E. Radford, R. Kral, H. Kurz, Robert K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, D. B. Ward, Grady W. Reinert, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, Cecil R Slaughter, Marc Minno, Bob Fewster Ed Keppner, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Alabama: Houston. Florida: Bay, Brevard, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Leon, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, and Wakulla. Georgia: Echols, Grady, and Thomas. North Carolina: Lenoir, Pender, and Pitt.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hinman, S. E. and J. S. Brewer (2007). "Responses of two frequently-burned wet pine savannas to an extended period without fire." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 512-526.