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Witch grass
Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Grasses & bamboos

Witch grass

Panicum capillare L.

Names

EnglishWitch grass
DutchDraadgierst
Spanish—
Chinese纤枝稷
Scientific namePanicum capillare L.

About this species

Panicum capillare, known by the common name witchgrass, is a species of grass. It is a native plant to most of North America from the East Coast through all of the West Coast and California. It can be found as an introduced species in Eurasia, and as a weed in gardens and landscaped areas. It grows in many types of habitat.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusPanicum

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