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| Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Steinchisma |
| Species: | S. hians |
| Binomial name | |
| Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash | |
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| Natural range of Steinchisma hians from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name(s): gaping panic grass;[1] gaping grass[2]
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym(s): Panicum hians[1][2]
Description
Steinchisma hians" is a monoecious perennial graminoid.[2]
Distribution
S. hians is found from southeastern Virginia, south to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma, and south through Mexico and central America to Colombia. It is also found in southern South America.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
This species is found along the shores of streams, ponds, and lakes, as well as in low woods, cypress-gum ponds, floodplains, marshes, ditches, and seepage slopes.[1]
Phenology
Flowering occurs from May through October.[1]
