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Dichanthium sericeum (silky bluestem)

Synonyms: Andropogon sericeus (homotypic); Sorghum sericeum (homotypic); Sorgum acutiusculum; Sorgum sericeum

Infraspecies

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Grass

Predators

Antonina graminis (felted grass coccid)[3]
Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)[4]
Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo)[4]
Mycalesis perseus[5]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
4DIETS AND FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF RED AND EASTERN GREY KANGAROOS IN ARID SHRUB LAND: IS FEEDING BEHAVIOUR INVOLVED IN THE RANGE EXPANSION OF THE EASTERN GREY KANGAROO INTO THE ARID ZONE?, TERENCE J. DAWSON, KIRSTEN J. MCTAVISH AND BEVERLEY A. ELLIS, Australian Mammalogy 26: 169-178 (2004)
5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0