POACEAE

Panicum virgatum

Common Name:  Switch Grass

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Panicum virgatum habit5.jpg (110398 bytes)
habit--does this look like a bunchgrass or a rhizomatous grass? habit in Winter
panicum.virgatum.infl.jpg (67354 bytes) Panicum virgatum oldspikelets.jpg (89747 bytes)
inflorescence in summer--notice how open the inflorescence is, with one spikelet terminating each inflorescence branch old inflorescence in Winter
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fruits in early Fall กก

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