Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Panicum virgatum var. cubense Griseb.
• (-) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum L.

Common names:

• Blackwell switch grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• switch grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• switch grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• panic érigé  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• panic vierge  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• panic raide  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Rutenhirse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• panico vergato  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• jungfruhirs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• liu zhi ji  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage
• Environmental: ornamental; revegetator (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) wildlife habitat (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
• Fuels:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.e.), Manitoba]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana (e. & c.), Wyoming (e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Nevada (s.), Utah (s.e.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Jalisco, Nayarit, Puebla, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama


Cultivated

Europe

• Europe

Northern America

• United States

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=26657. Accessed 1 July 2024.