Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Gould & C.A. Clark Synonymy: Panicum latifolium L. Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native Habit: Perennial, rosette forming grass Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands, shaded edges and meadows Range: Valley and Ridge, Highlands, Piedmont, Inner Coastal Plain Frequency: Common Rank/Status: S4/G5 Wetland Status: FACU Flowering & Reproduction: Early Summer, June-early July, vernal panicles, … [Read more...] about Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Gould and C.A. Clark
Dichanthelium hirstii (Swallen) Kartesz
Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Dichanthelium hirstii (Swallen) Kartesz Synonymy: Panicum hirstii Swallen; Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. roanokense (Ashe) R. LeBond Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native Habit: Perennial, rosette forming grass Habitat: Wetlands; Outer Coastal Plain peri-glacial depressions Range: Outer Coastal Plain; PB Atlantic and Burlington Counties Frequency: Endangered Rank/Status: S1/G1 Wetland Status: OBL Flowering & … [Read more...] about Dichanthelium hirstii (Swallen) Kartesz
Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould
Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldw. Ex Elliot) Gould Synonymy: Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould var. ensifolium (Baldw. Ex Elliot)Gould and C.A. Clark; Panicum ensifolium Baldw. Ex Elliot; Panicum ensifolium Baldw. Ex Elliot var. curtifolium (Nash) LeLong; Panicum dichotomum L. var. ensifolium (Baldw. Ex Elliot) C.F. Reed Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native Habit: Perennial, rosette forming grass Habitat: Wetlands; Outer Coastal Plain … [Read more...] about Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldw. ex Elliot) Gould
2015 FNJP Schedule
Happy New Years to all the FNJ friends and participants! Here are the phone conference meeting dates for the up coming botanical season: Opening Meeting-February 21, 2015. This will be a 10 AM phone conference call to set the agenda for the 2015 calander year. All members and interested are invited to call in. July 12, 2015: This is an executive conference call for mid years reports and assignments (corrected) October 10, 2015: This will be the last conference call of the 2015 … [Read more...] about 2015 FNJP Schedule
Who would have guessed, pre-historic man ate plants and used fire!
Sometimes, you just have to make a double take on what passes as knowledge. As I inspect a batch of 5,000 year old animal bones, charred hickory nuts and processing stones from an archaeological dig dated to the late middle archaic through the late archaic cultural phases, I began to read an article posted on my internet provider stating, "stone aged diet may actually include plants and barbecue." Who would have ever think man before our modern age knew how to use fire and knew what plants … [Read more...] about Who would have guessed, pre-historic man ate plants and used fire!