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Common Name(s): gaping panic grass<ref name="Weakley 2015">Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>
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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
==Description==  
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Synonym(s): ''Panicum hians''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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''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.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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==Ecology==
 
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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.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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Flowering occurs from May through October.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
 
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Revision as of 09:36, 16 January 2018

Steinchisma hians
Steinchisma hians SEF.jpg
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
STEI HIAN DIST.JPG
Natural range of Steinchisma hians from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name(s): gaping panic grass[1]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym(s): Panicum hians[1]

Description

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]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.