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Family: Poaceae   Grass Family
Plant group comprising one of the largest families of flowering plants. Formerly referred to as Graminae.

Genus: Panicum   Panicgrass
Tribe Paniceae.

Scientific Name: Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.
Common Name(s): Fall Panicgrass, Fall Panicum, Knee Grass, Bluegrass, Western Witchgrass
Growth Type: annual
Species Description:


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Caption: A fall panicum plant's panicle inflorescence and lower rooting nodes.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-011
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature, root
Caption: Fall panicum growing between rows of soybeans.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-010
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Fall panicum growing in a pot with panicle inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-003
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature
Caption: Fall panicum growing near soybeans.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-020
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Fall panicum seeds and spikelets.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-016
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, seed
Caption: Fall panicum seeds.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-007
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seed
Caption: Fall panicum seeds.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-017
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seed
Caption: Fall panicum seeds.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-018
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seed
Caption: Fall panicum spikelets.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-009
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature
Caption: Fall panicum spikelets.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-013
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Fall panicum spikelets.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-015
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature
Caption: Fall panicum's emerging panicle inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-019
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Fall panicum's growth habit.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-005
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): vegetative
Caption: Fall panicum's hairy ligule and swollen nodes.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-002
Source: 35mm slide (illustration)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, stem
Caption: Fall panicum's hairy ligule and swollen nodes.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-014
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf
Caption: Fall panicum's panicle inflorescence with soybeans in the background.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-021
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Fall panicum's panicle inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-001
Source: 35mm slide (illustration)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Fall panicum's panicle inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-004
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature
Caption: Fall panicum's panicle inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-006
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature
Caption: Fall panicum's panicle inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-012
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense
Caption: Illustration detailing fall panicum's hairy ligule, hairy leaf base, and prominent midrib.

ID: Hrb-PANDI-008
Source: 35mm slide (illustration)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf