DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Andropogon cabanisii | Firegrass 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Firegrass occurs in Florida [4,7,14].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     FL


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     EVER


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K079  Palmetto prairie
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub
   K116  Subtropical pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    69  Sand pine
    74  Cabbage palmetto
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Plants associated with firegrass are listed for longleaf pine (Pinus
palustris)/slash pine (Pinus elliottii) sites in the Apalachicola
National Forest.  Associates include gallberry (Ilex glabra), St.
Johns-wort (Hypericum fasciculatum), blackberry (Rubus spp), dwarf
huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa), wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera), smilax
(Smilax bona-nox), wiregrass (Aristida stricta), low panicums
(Dichanthelium spp.), broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus), Elliot
bluestem (Andropogon gyrans), grasslike goldaster (Pityopsis
graminifolia), goldenrod (Solidago spp.), aster (Aster spp.), pencil
flower (Stylosanthes biflora), and tephrosia (Tephrosia spp.) [12].

Firegrass and grass associates which made up the ground cover on
flatwoods in south-central Florida were as follows (greatest cover to
least):  wiregrass (Aristida stricta), creeping bluestem
(Schizachyrium stoloniferum), panicum (Panicum spp.), paspalum (Paspalum
spp.), chalky bluestem (Andropogon capillipes), broomsedge bluestem (A.
virginicus), lopsided Indiangrass (Sorghastrum secundum), threeawn
(Aristida spiciformis), firegrass, and beaked panicum (Panicum anceps) [5].

Plants associated with firegrass on limestone rockland South Florida
slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) forests in southeastern Florida
include angadenia (Angadenia sagrae), small-flowered melanthera
(Melanthera parviflora), Curtiss jacquemontia (Jacquemontia curtissii),
crossopetalum (Crossopetalum ilicifolium), acalypha (Acalypha
chamaedrifolia), senna (Cassia deeringiana), crotalaria (Crotalaria
pumila), anemia (Anemia adiantifolia), coontie (Zamia pumila),
dyschoriste (Dyschoriste oblongifolia var. angusta), and phyllantus
(Phyllantus pentaphyllus) [10].

Related categories for Species: Andropogon cabanisii | Firegrass