See other conspecific taxa:

• Panicum amarum (0 accessions)
• Panicum amarum var. amarulum (0 accessions)

Common names:

• coastal panic grass  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, New Jersey, New York (s.e.), Pennsylvania (s.e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (s.e.), Louisiana (s.), Maryland (e.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina, Virginia (e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]


Cultivated

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]

References:

1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
2. Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
6. Huang, L.-K. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity of switchgrass and its relative species in Panicum genus using molecular markers. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 39:685-693.
7. Lonard, R. I. & F. W. Judd. 2011. The biological flora of coastal dunes and wetlands: Panicum amarum S. Elliott and Panicum amarum S. Elliott var. amarulum (A.S. Hitchcock and M.A. Chase) P. Palmer. J. Coastal Res. 27:233-242.
8. Palmer, P. G. 1975. A biosystematic study of the Panicum amarum - P. amarulum complex (Gramineae). Brittonia 27:148.
9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
10. Triplett, J. K. et al. 2012. Five nuclear loci resolve the polyploid history of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and relatives. PLoS One 7(6): e38702.
11. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.

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=409722. Accessed 1 July 2024.