Aristida dichotoma, known as churchmouse threeawn,[2]fork-tip three-awn,[3]pigbutt three-awn,[4] and poverty grass,[5] is a species of grass from eastern North America.[1] It is native to the Eastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada. It has been introduced in California.[1] It was described in 1803 by André Michaux.[6]
Aristida dichotoma has also been known as beard grass and branching aristida.[7] The specific epithet is from the Latin for "forked".[8]
^Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
^Shaw, Robert B. (2012). Guide to Texas Grasses (1st ed.). Texas A & M University Press. ISBN9781603441865.
^Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Aristida dichotoma". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
