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Bosc's panicgrass

Dichanthelium boscii

Also called Bosc's Witchgrass, Bosc's Panic Grass

Bosc's panicgrass
Photo: Doug Goldman. USDA-NRCS-NPDT United States, NC, Carteret Co., Croatan National Forest. May 18, 2011., Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Dichanthelium boscii, commonly known as Bosc's witchgrass, is a perennial graminoid in the family Poaceae found in the eastern United States.

Where it grows

Dichanthelium boscii is found from Massachusetts and Illinois south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. It grows in shaded to partially-open, mesic to dry woodlands.

Other Dichanthelium plants

Needleleaf rosette grass · Tapered rosette grass · Deertongue · Variable panicgrass · Blood panicgrass · Cypress panicgrass · Cypress Panicgrass · Hirst's panicgrass · Woolly Panicgrass · Openflower rosette grass · Leiberg's panicum · Rough panicgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dichanthelium boscii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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