Panicum virgatum L. var. virgatum
Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Panicum virgatum L. var. virgatum
- Common Name
- Switchgrass
- Synonym(s)
- Panicum virgatum L.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Panicum virgatum L. var. virgatum
- Comments
- Map very incomplete at this time; many herbarium specimens have not been identified to variety.
- Habitat
- Dune grasslands and scrub, openings in maritime forests, interdune swales and ponds, maritime swamps, tidal swamps, tidal oligohaline (rarely mesohaline) marshes, rocky river shores and bars, riverside prairies, mafic fens, calcareous fens and spring marshes, low meadows, clearings, and fields; also frequently planted. Infrequent to locally common in the Coastal Plain; infrequent in the Piedmont and mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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