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How to Manage Pests

Identification: Weed Photo Gallery

Fall panicum

Scientific name: Panicum dichotomiflorum (Grass Family: Poaceae)

Life stages of Fall panicum top picture

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DESCRIPTION:
Fall panicum, also known as smooth witchgrass, is an annual grass that prefers sites with moist soils such as along streams, tailwater ponds, and irrigation ditches. Plants grow upright or spread from a bent or twisted base. Leaves often have a prominent wide midrib and are not hairy. Flowers grow in open branches. Unlike witchgrass, its leaf blades are hairless.

Grass ID illustration.


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