Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.
Fall Panicgrass, Fall Panic Grass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: PADIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (I)
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Specimen & Label Data
Panicum dichotomiflorum
fall panicgrass
Poaceae
Location: NE of low water crossing of main road from Ft Sam Houston to Pershing Firing Range at Salaco Creek.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In mud/water of sluggish creek. Somtimes inundated. Full sun.
Description: Coarse perennial from creeping rhizomes. Culms 30-70 cm tall, mostly erect. Panicle open, 30-40 cm tall x 10-15 cm wide.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Ocr 12, 1994
Specimen number: 701
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1117
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104
Annotations: SXFXB (In fruit)
(Handwritten above record) Floys Weiller Aug 1998 probably Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.
Both Zizaniopsis miliacea and South wildrice lined through. Marginal by Southern Wildrice: "Fall Panicum" Paren around "Coarse perennial from creeping rhizomes.) Marginal annotation: "probably not!"
Label: Zizaniopsis