Outdoors
Grazing Oklahoma – Scribner’s Panicum
By Rob Cook
Characteristics: Scribner’s panicum is a native, cool-season perennial grass. It grows about 6 to 18 inches tall. The leaves of Scribner’s panicum are broad and flat with a pointed tip. They are bunched in rosette fashion, 3/8 to 1/2-inch-wide and 2 to 5 inches long. There are sometimes stiff hairs on the leaf margins and fine, short hairs on the underside of the leaf. The ligule is a dense tuft of hairs. It is commonly called Scribner’s rosette grass or Scribner’s dichanthelium.
Area of Importance: Scribner’s panicum will grow on most soil types and can tolerate shade. It is commonly found throughout the eastern plains of Oklahoma between other bunch grasses.
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