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Panicum antidotale Perennial, warm, introduced, good grazing for wildlife and livestock. 4-7' tall with coarse stems growing from a dense crown of thick, short, bulbous rhizomes. The lower part of the stems have large nodes and internodes with branches coming from the nodes. Leaves abundant, 7-12" long and flat with a heavy midrib on the lower side. The terminal panicles are long, loose, open and usually erect but slightly drooping at maturity. The spikelets are greenish-yellow, very slick and shiny in appearance and are borne on the tip end of rather long seed branches. Grows on clay loam soils. Most forage production obtained when managed as a pasture plant. Can be poisonous under certain conditions. Areas 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. |
Panicum anceps var. anceps Perennial, warm, native, fair grazing for wildlife, good grazing for livestock. 1 1/2-4' tall with stems growing from numerous scaly rhizomes. Sheaths slightly hairy with long leaves that are hairy on upper part near the base. The panicle long and spreading with spikelets slightly curved resembling a beak. A very palatable grass and decreases with heavy grazing. Grows mostly on sandy soils. Areas 1, 2, 3, 4. |
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Created: August 15, 1996
Updated: May 23, 1997