Bitter Panicgrass, Bitter Panicum, Panicum amarum
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Keywords

une Restoration Plants
Poaceae (taxonomic family)

How to Cite

Miller, Debbie, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, and Ashlynn Smith. 2018. “Bitter Panicgrass, Bitter Panicum, Panicum Amarum: SGEB-75-17/SG178, 9/2018”. EDIS 2018 (5). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-sg178-2018.

Abstract

Bitter panicgrass is important in dune stabilization and building and often grows intermixed with sea oats on
foredunes. It is also found spread throughout back dunes, interdunal swales, and coastal grasslands. This plant
occurs throughout coastal Florida, except for the Big Bend coast, west to New Mexico, and along coastal northeast states to Massachusetts. A significant proportion of bitter panicgrass reproduction is by vegetative spread; its seeds are often sterile.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg178

This publication is derived from information in SGEB-75/SG156, Dune Restoration and Enhancement for the Florida Panhandle, by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Christina Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, and Ashlynn Smith. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg156.

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-sg178-2018
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