Panicum verrucosum
| Panicum verrucosum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order: | Cyperales |
| Family: | Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae |
| Genus: | Panicum |
| Species: | P. verrucosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Panicum verrucosum Muhl. | |
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| Natural range of Panicum verrucosum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Common name: warty panicgrass
Panicum verrucosum and annual graminoid species.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
P. verrucosum is found in cut-burned areas of a chamaecyparis thyoides stand in the Great Dismal Swamp (McKinley et al. 1979).
Phenology
Annual grass (Kirkman and Sharitz 1994).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
– Significant increase in abundance after tilling(soil disturbance) and abundant in the seed banks (Kirkman and Sharitz 1994).
Fire ecology
Pollination
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
McKinley, C. E. and F. P. Day (1979). "Herbaceous production in cut-burned, uncut-burned and control areas of chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) BSP (Cupressaceae) stand in the Great Dismal Swamp." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 106: 20-28.
Kirkman, L. K. and R. R. Sharitz (1994). "Vegetation disturbance and maintenance of diversity in intermittently flooded Carolina bays in South Carolina." Ecological Applications 4: 177-188.
