Panicum GRAMINEAE Panicum 



Angustifolia 

 P. aciculare Desv. 



Rare, in the Coastal Plain: Broadkill (S), F. C. Daigh, in 1935 

 (UD); pine woods south of Pepperbox (S), Long & Tatnall, 3421, 

 15 June 1937 (T, A). 



P. angustifolium Ell. 



Rare, dry sandy pine woods, Sussex County and southward: 

 Frankford (S), Commons, 10 Sept. 1875 (A); east of Eastville (No), 

 Fernald & Long, 5201, 12 Oct. 1935 (P). 



Dichotoma 

 P. microcarpon Muhl. 



Common in low woods and swamps, and occasional in dry open 

 soil, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Mid-June to mid-Sept. 



P. mattamuskeetense Ashe. 



Infrequent, in low ground of the Coastal Plain. July to mid- 

 Oct. 



P. dichotomum L. 



Common in rocky woods and dry, open places, Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain. June to mid-Aug. 



Var. barbulatum (Mx.) Fernald. (P. harbulatum Mx.) 



Frequent; same habitats and distribution as the species. 

 Perhaps not deserving varietal rank. 



P. yadkinense Ashe. 



Infrequent; wooded slopes, valley of Brandy wine Creek (NC). 

 June. 



P. lucidum Ashe. 



Frequent in low woods and bogs of the Coastal Plain. Mid- 

 June to mid-Oct. 



Spreta 

 P. spretum Schultes. 



Infrequent; meadows and moist sandy soil. Coastal Plain. 

 Mid-June, July. 



P. Wrightianum Scribn. 



Rare, on the Coastal Plain: moist sandy soil, Ellendale (S), 

 Long & Bar tram, 1595, 6 July 1913 (A). 



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