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Revision as of 11:07, 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
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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
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- ==References==
- *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.
