Taxon: Andropogon virginicus L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

HI*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus (no accessions)

Common names:

• broom-sedge   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 ) – English
  
• broom-sedge bluestem   (Source: Grass Tex ) – English
  
• chalky bluestem   (Source: F Florida ) – English   [Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus]
  
• whiskey grass   (Source: Weed CIBA ) – English
  
• andropogon   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan [s.], New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Iowa [s.e.], Kansas [e.], Missouri, Oklahoma [e.]
  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 - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Puebla, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Bermuda; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
  Western South America: Colombia

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, w. United States, & Hawaii

References:

• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
• Campbell, C. S. 1983. Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae). J. Arnold Arbor. 64:224.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. (Grass Tex)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. (Atlas GPlains)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. (Grass Util Mex)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Andropogon virginicus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Andropogon virginicus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Andropogon virginicus L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3355 (09 February 2010)

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