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Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium
little bluestem

       
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Photo of Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium
Andropogon scoparius

Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Bettendorf, Pigeon Creek Park. 2002. Usage Requirements.
 
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Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

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Synonyms:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

  ANPR Andropogon praematurus Fernald
  ANSC10 Andropogon scoparius Michx.
  ANSCD2 Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. ducis Fernald & Grisc.
  ANSCF Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. frequens F.T. Hubbard
  ANSCN2 Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. neomexicanus (Nash) Hitchc.
  ANSCP Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. polycladus Scribn. & C.R. Ball
  ANSCS Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. septentrionalis Fernald & Grisc.
  SCPR3 Schizachyrium praematurum (Fernald) C.F. Reed
  SCSCN2 Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. neomexicanum (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
  SCSCF Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. frequens (F.T. Hubbard) Gould
  SCSCN Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. neomexicanum (Nash) Gould
  SCSCP Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. polycladum (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) C.F. Reed
 

Distribution:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Schizachyrium, 3 varieties in Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
 

Classification:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

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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. scoparium – little bluestem
 

Introduced Information:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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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. scoparium

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+ FACU FACU FACU NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530264.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

 
 
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