Poaceae
Cypress panicgrass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthelium
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Dichanthelium dichotomumPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cypress panicgrass, Rosette panic grass, Cypress witchgrass, Forked panicgrass, Forked rosette-panicgrass
Synonyms
- Chasea dichotoma (L.) Nieuwl.
- Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum (Lam.) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium dichotomum var. barbulatum (Michx.) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum (Lam.) LeBlond
- Dichanthelium nitidum (Lam.) Mohlenbr.
- Panicum angustifolium Leconte ex Torr.
- Panicum barbulatum Michx.
- Panicum clivum Sohns
- Panicum curtivaginum Ashe
- Panicum deustum Brickell & Enslin ex Muhl.
- Panicum dichotomum L.
- Panicum dichotomum f. commune S.Watson
- Panicum dichotomum var. barbulatum (Michx.) Alph.Wood
- Panicum dichotomum var. commune S.Watson & J.M.Coult.
- Panicum dichotomum var. divaricatum Vasey
- Panicum dichotomum var. nitidum (Lam.) Alph.Wood
- Panicum dichotomum var. nodiflorum (Lam.) Griseb.
- Panicum dichotomum var. viride Vasey
- Panicum dumus Desv.
- Panicum flexuosum Scribn. & Merr.
- Panicum gravius Hitchc. & Chase
- Panicum heterophyllum Muhl.
- Panicum muehlenbergianum Schult.
- Panicum multirameum Scribn.
- Panicum nitidum Lam.
- Panicum nitidum var. barbatum Torr.
- Panicum nitidum var. barbulatum (Michx.) Chapm.
- Panicum nitidum var. glabriusculum Döll
- Panicum nitidum var. pauciflorum Britton
- Panicum nitidum var. viride (Vasey) Britton
- Panicum nodiflorum Lam.
- Panicum pubescens var. barbulatum (Michx.) Britton
- Panicum pubescens var. longipilium Desv.
- Panicum ramulosum Michx.
- Panicum ramulosum var. viride (Vasey) Porter
- Panicum subbarbulatum Scribn. & Merr.
- Panicum taxodiorum Ashe
- Panicum tremulum Spreng.
- Panicum triticeum Willd. ex Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.