-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Monocots (Class Liliopsida)​

-Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

-Grasses (Family Poaceae)

-Bristlegrasses, Bluestems, Paspalums, and Allies (Subfamily Panicoideae)

-Bristlegrasses, Rosette Grasses, Barnyard Grasses, and Allies (Tribe Paniceae)

-Subtribe Panicinae

-Panicgrasses (Genus Panicum)

Panicum is a grass, in the subfamily Panicoideae.