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SPECIES: Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem 


ABBREVIATION : 
SCHSCO

SYNONYMS : 
   Andropogon divergens (Hack.) Anderss. ex A.S. Hitchc.
   Andropogon littorale Nash
   Andropogon scoparium Michx.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ANSC2


COMMON NAMES : 
   little bluestem
   pinehill bluestem
   prairie beardgrass
   broom beardgrass
   small feathergrass
   seacoast bluestem


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of little bluestem is
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash [153].  The many varieties that freely
intergrade include [26,57,58]:

        Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens (Hack.) Gould
        Schizachyrium scoparium var. frequens (Hubb.) Gould
        Schizachyrium scoparium var. littoralis (Nash) Gould
        Schizachyrium scoparium var. neomexicanum (Nash) Gould
        Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium 
        Schizachyrium scoparium var. virile (Shinners) Gould


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Ronald Uchytil/January 1989


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Uchytil, Ronald J. 1989. Schizachyrium scoparium. In: Remainder of Citation

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