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Panicum capillare L.
witchgrass
Symbol: PACA6
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Click on this Photograph of Panicum capillare (witchgrass) to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth, TX. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Synonyms:
PACA6 Panicum capillare L.
 

PABA8

Panicum barbipulvinatum Nash
 

PACAA

Panicum capillare L. var. agreste Gattinger
 

PACAB

Panicum capillare L. ssp. barbipulvinatum (Nash) Tzvelev
 

PACAB2

Panicum capillare L. var. brevifolium Vasey ex Rydb. & Shear
 

PACAB3

Panicum capillare L. var. barbipulvinatum (Nash) R.L. McGregor
 

PACAO

Panicum capillare L. var. occidentale Rydb.
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State Distributional Map for PACA6
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Plant Distribution by State

Panicum capillare L.

PACA6

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Related Taxa:
Panicum capillare L.

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 64 species in Panicum

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Classification:
Panicum capillare L.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
                   Subclass Commelinidae –
                      Order Cyperales –
                         Family Poaceae – Grass family
                            Genus Panicum L. – panicgrass
                               Species Panicum capillare L. – witchgrass

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Invasive Information:
Panicum capillare L.
        witches hair
        tumble panic
        witchgrass
        ticklegrass
        panicgrass
        tumbleweed grass
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
N'EAST   Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.. 397pp.
 
NE&GP;   Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.. 589pp.
 
SWSS   Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois..
 
WSWS   Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.. 630pp.
 

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Panicum capillare L.
Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FAC- FAC FAC FAC FAC FAC FAC FACU FAC FAC NO NI* NO

Wetland Data InformationInterpreting wetland indicator status

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Panicum capillare L.

View species account from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40914.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account or photographs from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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Related Web Sites:
Panicum capillare L.

    Arizona: abstract & image of witchgrass (Panicum capillare)
    British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program
    Texas A&M;: Grass Images
    UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images
    WV-Identification of Common Grasses (line drawings of collar area)
    WeedScience.com: diagnostic images

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