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Smooth Witchgrass
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Grasses & bamboos

Smooth Witchgrass

Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.

Names

EnglishSmooth Witchgrass
DutchKale gierst
Spanish—
Chinese洋野黍
Scientific namePanicum dichotomiflorum Michx.

About this species

Panicum dichotomiflorum, known by the common names fall panicgrass, autumn millet (Britain and Ireland), and fall panicum is a species of Poaceae "true grass". It is native to much of the eastern United States and parts of Canada, and it can be found in the Western United States through California. It may be an introduced species in some western climates.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusPanicum

In Suriname

14Records in Suriname
1851First record
1963Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo2
  • Sipaliwini2
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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