Dichanthelium scoparium

Classification	Monocots
Family	Poaceae
Family (Traditional)	Poaceae
Genus	Dichanthelium
Species:	Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould
Common Name	Velvet Panicum
Growth Habit	graminoid
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Caryopsis; Fruit Type: Grain; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Placentation Type: Parietal; Placentation Type: Basal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	4
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Panicum nitidum var. velutinum	Panicum nitidum var. velutinum Döll
Panicum scoparium var. genuinum	Panicum scoparium var. genuinum Scribn.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Clinton (KY), Edmonson (KY), Graves (KY), Hickman (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Leslie (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Cannon (TN), Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: UCHT, BEREA, TENN, MDKY, MTSU, UOS, BOON, APSC, EKY, ETSU

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100177425	Scott	Tennessee	02 Aug 1992	Steve Walker 449	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177417	Grundy	Tennessee	03 Aug 1988	Ronald L. Jones 5518	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177276	Madison	Kentucky	28 Jun 1993	Gary W. Libby OB-481	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177300	McCreary	Kentucky	10 Aug 1991	Ronald L. Jones 6807	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005986	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020853	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020809	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020843	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020854	Weakley	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020828	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020822	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020804	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020842	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020833	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177326	McCreary	Kentucky	29 Jun 1991	Ronald L. Jones 16	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177235	Graves	Kentucky	12 Jul 1984	Raymond Athey 4930	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177367	Whitley	Kentucky	08 Aug 1993	Steve Walker 782	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177292	McCracken	Kentucky	19 Jun 1974	William H. Martin	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005991	Trigg	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020835	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020844	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020836	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020824	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020850	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020847	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020812	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020837	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0086561	Ballard	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177243	Hickman	Kentucky	11 Jul 1979	Raymond Athey 4358	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177359	Whitley	Kentucky	23 Jul 1989	Ronald L. Jones 6124b	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177250	Leslie	Kentucky	23 Jul 1991	Tim Hacker 31	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005990	Stewart	Tennessee			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
MDKY00004491	Carter	Kentucky			MDKY Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020849	Smith	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020799	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020838	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020805	Haywood	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020834	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020825	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020800	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020814	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0063437	Pulaski	Kentucky	03 Oct 1978	Richard Hannan	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177268	Madison	Kentucky	10 Sep 1995	Timothy J. Weckman 1961	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177227	Ballard	Kentucky	22 Jun 1970	Raymond Athey 1040	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177342	Pulaski	Kentucky	24 Jun 1991	John Richard Abbott 646	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005989	Pulaski	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005985	Graves	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020818	Madison	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020816	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020832	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020855	White	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020831	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020829	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020845	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
009434	Hamilton	Tennessee			BOON Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033482	Humphreys	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177375	Wolfe	Kentucky	19 May 1998	Kim Feeman 224	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177441	White	Tennessee	07 Jul 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5107	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005984	Calloway	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020848	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020851	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020821	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020830	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020806	Haywood	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020820	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020808	Haywood	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033464	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033485	Henry	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0056031	Van Buren	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0067821	Metcalfe	Kentucky	14 Aug 1991	Max Medley	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033487	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177433	Warren	Tennessee	13 Sep 1979	Thomas S. Patrick 2505	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177318	McCreary	Kentucky	12 Jul 1991	Douglas Stephens 29	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177458		Tennessee	01 Jan 1978	Henry R. DeSelm 118	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005987	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020846	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020802	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020827	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020839	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020841	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0059059	McCracken	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033483	Todd	Kentucky	02 Jul 1949	Floyd Brown	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033462	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0103913	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033488	White	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177334	Powell	Kentucky	03 Jun 2000	Ronald L. Jones 9306	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020813	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020840	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020801	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020852	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020819	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020856	White	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020807	Haywood	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0098093	Cannon	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033459	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0103914	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0052604	Lawrence	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0055100	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033474	Roane	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0092928	Todd	Kentucky	17 Sep 2017	Mason Brock	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033461	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033486	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0087264	Knox	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033466	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0113299	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033465	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033471	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0095924	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033467	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0115329	Van Buren	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033478	Henry	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0059058	Calloway	Kentucky	13 Jul 1972	Raymond Athey	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033470	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
UOS07872	Marion	Tennessee	04 Aug 2001	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Dichanthelium scoparium
UOS07871	Franklin	Tennessee	23 Jun 2006	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033468	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033463	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
UCHT038232	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Dichanthelium scoparium
UOS07877	Franklin	Tennessee	14 Oct 2007	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Dichanthelium scoparium
UOS07875	Coffee	Tennessee	10-Jul-96	Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.	UOS Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0095923	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0059057	Edmonson	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0095925	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020803	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
UCHT001915	Hamilton	Tennessee	27 Jun 2007	S. Huskins 990	UCHT Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0065213	Montgomery	Tennessee	21 Jun 1989	R.Kral	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0100968	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0056256	Loudon	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
MTSU023834	Rutherford	Tennessee			MTSU Dichanthelium scoparium
UOS07873	Franklin	Tennessee	16 Jul 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Dichanthelium scoparium
ETSU027359	Sullivan	Tennessee	21 Oct 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18451	ETSU Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033479	Henry	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033484	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0055099	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033458	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0052970	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0103916	Clinton	Kentucky	11 Jul 2018	Claire Ciafre	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
UCHT036357	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Dichanthelium scoparium
31234100177284	McCracken	Kentucky	05 Jul 1976	Raymond Athey 3493	EKY Dichanthelium scoparium
BEREA005988	Pulaski	Kentucky			BEREA Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0240961	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020817	Madison	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020826	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020823	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
TENN-V-0020815	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0103915	Clinton	Kentucky	15 Jun 2018	Claire Ciafre	APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0055051	Hickman	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033473	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033477	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033475	Roane	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0098766	Moore	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
UOS07874	Coffee	Tennessee	05 Jun 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0072094	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0094481	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033472	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0033481	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0063438	McCracken	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0091449	Knox	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
APSC0071119	Knox	Kentucky			APSC Dichanthelium scoparium
ETSU027149	Greene	Tennessee	17 Jul 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18228	ETSU Dichanthelium scoparium

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