Panicum L. - Panic Grasses

      Monocotyledon   Order:  Poales   Family: Poaceae, Grass Family    Panicum flexile (Gatt.) Scribn., Wiry Panic Grass Synonymy: Panicum capillare var. flexile Gatt. Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, eastern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, annual grass Habitat: Moist sandy soil; limestone fens Range: Sussex and Warren Counties; VR; HL Frequency: Rare Rank/Status: G5, S1/endangered, LP, HP Wetland Status: FAC+ Flowering & … [Read more...] about Panicum flexile (Gatt.) Scribn. – Wiry Panic Grass

      Monocotyledon   Order:  Poales     Family: Poaceae, Grass Family    Panicum gattingeri Nash, Gattinger's Witch Panic Grass Synonymy: P. philadelphicum Bernh spp. gattingeri (Nash) Freckman & LeLong; Panicum capillare var. campestre Gattinger Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, eastern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, annual grass Habitat: Moist sandy soil Range: Burlington and Gloucester Counties; CP-S Frequency: Rare Rank/Status: G5, … [Read more...] about Panicum gattingeri Nash – Gattinger’s Witch Panic Grass

   Monocotyledon   Order:Poales    Family: Poaceae, Grass Family    Panicum hemotomum Shultes, Maidencane  Synonymy: none Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, southern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, perennial creeping grass Habitat: Moist sandy soil, pond edges Range: Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties; CP-S; CM Frequency: Rare Rank/Status: G5, S2/threatened, LP, HP Wetland Status: OBL Flowering & Reproduction: Plant spread by rhizomes, Flowering in … [Read more...] about Panicum hemotomum Schultes – Maidencane

    Monocotyledon   Order:  Poales     Family: Poaceae, Grass Family    Panicum miliaceum L. ssp. miliaceum, Broomcorn millet, Proso Synonymy: none Lower Taxa: P.iliaceum ssp. ruderale (Kitagawa) Tzvelev. Found in Wisconsin and Minnesota Origin: Introduced from Ols WOrld; Occasionally culitvated in North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, annual grass Habitat: Moist sandy soil Range: Found on ballast in Camden and Landisville (Atlantic Co.) CP-S Frequency: … [Read more...] about Panicum miliaceum L. ssp. miliaceum – Broomcorn Millet, Proso

      Monocotyledon Order: Poales  Family: Poaceae, Grass Family  Synonymy: P. tuckermani Fernald Lower Taxa: none Origin: Native, eastern North America Habit: Herbaceous, graminoid, annual grass Habitat: Dry to moist open sandy soils Range: Found in most New Jersey counties; records missing from Passaic, Bergen, Somerset, Union and Hudson counties, VR, HL, P, CP-S, CM Frequency: Occasional Rank/Status: G4, S4/ none Wetland Status: FAC- Flowering & Reproduction: … [Read more...] about Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex. Trin. – Philadelphia Panic Grass