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'''''Dichanthelium acuminatum''''' is a species of grass from the genus ''Dichanthelium'', in North America. | '''''Dichanthelium acuminatum''''' is a species of grass from the genus ''Dichanthelium'', in North America. | ||
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[[Image:diac2_001_lvp.jpg|thumb|left|Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln.]] | [[Image:diac2_001_lvp.jpg|thumb|left|Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln.]] | ||
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<ref>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DIAC2 ''Dichanthelium acuminatum'']</ref> | <ref>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DIAC2 ''Dichanthelium acuminatum'']</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:05, 23 April 2012
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & Clark, also called tapered rosette grass, Western panicum, Western witchgrass, or Western panicgrass, is a perennial native plant of the Puget Prairie ecosystem in the Poaceae family. Other names: Panicum occidentale
Contents
Taxonomy
- 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 – yarrow
- Species Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark – tapered rosette grass
Description
Dichanthelium acuminatum is a species of grass from the genus Dichanthelium, in North America.
Tufted perennial; stems yellowish-green, leafy towards base, spreading, usually velvety-hairy, 15-40 cm tall. Leaves flat, firm, erect to ascending, hairy, 5-10 mm wide, no auricles; ligules 3-4 mm long, consisting of long hairs. Inflorescence a panicle, open, 3-9 cm long; spikelets up to 2 mm long, short-hairy, two flowered, the lower flower sterile; glumes unequal in size; fertile lemmas hardened (Pojar and MacKinnon, 1994)
Bloom Period
Distribution
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Seed
Abbreviation: DIAC
Seed sample from: 2011
Average Measurement: 1.6 x 1 x 0.8 Measurement Range: L: 1.5 x 1.9, W: no variation in sample set (all seeds measured 1 mm) D: 0.7 - 0.9
Features
References
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile: Dichanthelium acuminatum
- Stewart, Hilary. (1984). Cedar: tree of life to the Northwest Coast Indians. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 0-88894-437-3.
- Van Pelt, R. (2001). Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-98140-7.
Dichanthelium acuminatum [1]
Image Gallery
- ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. [1]. Retrieved 04/12/2012.
- ↑ USDA, NRCS. 2012. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 16 April 2012). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. Retrieved 04/13/2012.
