PLANTS Profile for Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens (little bluestem)

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Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould
little bluestem

Symbol:

SCSCD

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

Andropogon divergens

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

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Synonyms:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

	ANDI8	Andropogon divergens (Hack.) Andersson ex Hitchc.
	ANSCD	Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. divergens Hack.
	ANSCV	Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. virilis Shinners
	SCSCD2	Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. divergens (Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins
	SCSCV	Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. virile (Shinners) Gould

Distribution:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, KY, LA, MS, PA, TN, TX, WI)

Related Taxa:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Schizachyrium, 3 varieties in Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash

Classification:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Schizachyrium Nees – little bluestem
Species	Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – little bluestem
Variety	Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould – little bluestem

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

Schizachyrium scoparium:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU+

FACU-

FACU

FACU-

FACU

FACU+

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 540433.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 04:56 AM CST