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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Dichanthelium portoricense (Desv. ex Ham.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin
Hemlock witchgrass

Dichanthelium portoricense
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central United States, the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Reported

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported only for the National Key Deer Refuge (Austin et al., 1980).

Other data on Dichanthelium portoricense available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Dichanthelium portoricense has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Reported






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Dichanthelium portoricense
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Dichanthelium portoricense
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