Taxon: Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton et al.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis (no accessions)

Common names:

• bushy beard grass   (Source: Weed CIBA ) – English
  
• bushy bluestem   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• chalky bluestem   (Source: Proc E Nat Grass Sym ) – English
  
• chalky bluestem   (Source: Proc E Nat Grass Sym ) – English   [Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis]
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide J Environ Hort 16:9-10. 1998)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Ohio [s.], Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s.]
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Cuba; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Colombia

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Campbell, C. S. 1983. Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae). J. Arnold Arbor. 64:235.
• Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139–247.
• Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003–. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
• Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
• Ritchie, J. C. et al., eds. 2000. Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland.
• Wolfe III, J. & J. M. Zajicek. 1998. Are ornamental grasses acceptable alternatives for low maintenance landscapes? J. Environm. Hort. 16:8–11.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Andropogon glomeratus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Andropogon glomeratus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Andropogon glomeratus.

Synonyms:

• Andropogon macrourus var. glaucopsis Elliott [≡ Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis]
  
• Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis (Elliott) Hitchc. [≡ Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis]
  
• (≡) Cinna glomerata Walter (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton et al.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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