Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: P. amarulum A.S. Hitchcock & Chase; P. amarum (Hitchc. & Chase) ssp. amarulum Freckman & LeLong Lower Taxa: Panicm amarum Ell. var. amarum Origin: Native, eastern North America Coastal Plain Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial grass; densely cespitose Habitat: Open moist to dry sand near coast, typically on sand dunes of Atlantic Coast Range: New Jersey specimens … [Read more...] about Panicum amarum Elliot var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer
Panicum L. - Panic Grasses
Panicum amarum Elliot var. amarum – Bitter Panic Grass
Order: Acorales - Monocotyledons Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: none Lower Taxa: Panicm amarum Ell. var. amarulum (Hitchcock & Chase) Palmer Origin: Native, eastern North America Coastal Plain Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial grass; glaucous, rhizomatous, more open panicle than P. amarum var. amarulum Habitat: Open moist to dry sand near coast, typically on sand dunes of Atlantic Coast Range: New Jersey specimens from Cape May, Salem, Ocean and … [Read more...] about Panicum amarum Elliot var. amarum – Bitter Panic Grass
Panicum anceps Michx. – Beaked Panic Grass
Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: P. rhizomatum Hitchcock & Chase, P. anceps Michx. var. rhizomatum( Hitchcock & Chase) Fernald Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, eastern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial; clump forming from knotty rhizomes Habitat: Open, moist to dry sand and loam soils, often at forest edge Range: New Jersey specimens from Inner, Outer Coastal Plain and Piedmont physiographic … [Read more...] about Panicum anceps Michx. – Beaked Panic Grass
Panicum capillare L. – Common Panic Grass, Old-Witch Grass
Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: Panicum capillare L. var. occidentale Rydb. Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, eastern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, annual grass Habitat: Dry or gravel soil, waste places, old fields, and railroad beds Range: New Jersey specimens from all physiographc regions; specimens in Chrylser Herbium from Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union … [Read more...] about Panicum capillare L. – Common Panic Grass, Old-Witch Grass
Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. – Fall Panic Grass
Monocotyledon Order: Poales Family: Poaceae, Grass Family Synonymy: Panicum dichotomiflorum var. imperoprum Fernald. Lower Taxa: P. dichotomiflorum Michx. var. puritanorum Svens. Origin: Native, eastern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, annual grass Habitat: Moist sandy soil; occasionally aggressive and opportunistic weed in agricultural fields and waste areas. Range: New Jersey specimens from Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Hunterdon, Hudson, Mercer, … [Read more...] about Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. – Fall Panic Grass