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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.

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.

D. acuminatum forms a hybridization complex with other Dichanthelium species such as D. dichotomum, D. sphaerocarpon, D. ovale, and D. aciculare.

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.

Bloom Period

Distribution

Habitat

Uses

Propagation

Seed

Dichanthelium acuminatum

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

Shape: One side of seed has two grooves running from hilum to opposite apex that form a football shaped opening.

Color: Seeds in green and purple husk that is coarsely hairy. Inner seed is off-white with a white, slightly puckered hilum.

Surface: Seeds are glossy and smooth. Some are very finely striped longitudinally.

Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical

Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical

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References

1. ↑ 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.

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1. ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. [1]. Retrieved 04/12/2012.
2. ↑ 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.