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§1 Plant

Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.

vernacular fall panicgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
PADI
GBIF
2705144
Rank
species
fall panicgrass (Panicum dichotomiflorum)
Platephotograph · Rob CurtisCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Panicum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,263 counties across 37 states/territories
Legend Native · 1263 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
None
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
20–65 in/yr
pH range
4.8–7
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
3.3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Yellow
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
392,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,263 counties across 37 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 95 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 78 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 86 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 60 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 34 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 78 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 60 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 91 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 14 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PADI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2705144 ↗

Record version

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