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Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann
western panicgrass

       
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Line Drawing of Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann
Panicum huachucae

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 153. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

  DIACI Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. implicatum (Scribn.) Gould & C.A. Clark
  DILA11 Dichanthelium lanuginosum (Elliott) Gould
  DILAF Dichanthelium lanuginosum (Elliott) Gould var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Spellenb.
  DISU13 Dichanthelium subvillosum (Ashe) Mohlenbr.
  PAACF Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Lelong
  PAACI Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. implicatum (Scribn.) C.F. Reed
  PABR7 Panicum brodiei H. St. John
  PACU3 Panicum curtifolium Nash
  PAGL10 Panicum glutinoscabrum Fernald
  PAHU4 Panicum huachucae Ashe
  PAHUF2 Panicum huachucae Ashe var. fasciculatum (Torr.) F.T. Hubbard
  PAIM3 Panicum implicatum Scribn.
  PALA29 Panicum languidum Hitchc.
  PALA18 Panicum lanuginosum Elliott, non Bosc ex Spreng.
  PALAF2 Panicum lanuginosum Elliott var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Fernald
  PALAH Panicum lanuginosum Elliott var. huachucae (Ashe) Hitchc.
  PALAI Panicum lanuginosum Elliott var. implicatum (Scribn.) Fernald
  PALAT Panicum lanuginosum Elliott var. tennesseense (Ashe) Gleason
  PALA17 Panicum lassenianum Schmoll
  PALIF Panicum lindheimeri Nash var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Fernald
  PAOC Panicum occidentale Scribn.
  PAPA Panicum pacificum Hitchc. & Chase
  PASU6 Panicum subvillosum Ashe
  PATE15 Panicum tennesseense Ashe
 

Distribution:
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium, 6 varieties in Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark
 

Classification:
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Dichanthelium (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould – rosette grass
Species Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark – tapered rosette grass
Variety Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann – western panicgrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
Panicum subvillosum
a panic-grass              Extirpated
Tennessee:
Panicum curtifolium
short-leaved panic grass              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

Dichanthelium acuminatum:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FACW FAC FAC FAC FAC FAC FAC FAC FACW FAC FACW NO FACU- NO

Panicum occidentale:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC* FACW FACW FACW NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527685.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 

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