Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)

8/27/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 10 cm)

10/28/2017 · Temple Mountain, Sharon, New Hampshire

8/31/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9 cm)

8/27/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 10 cm)

8/27/2016 · Williams Barn and Sørhaug Woods, Groton, Massachusetts

10/28/2017 · Temple Mountain, Sharon, New Hampshire · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm)

8/31/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 3″ (9.4 × 8.3 cm)

8/27/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 9 × 13″ (22 × 33 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Panicum	From a classical Latin name for millet
Species	virgatum	Wand-like, twiggy in growth, referring to the tall, bare stems