Taxon: Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash

See also subordinate taxa:

• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens (no accessions)
• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale (no accessions)
• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum (no accessions)
• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium (2 accessions)

Common names:

• broom beard grass   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium]
  
• broom bluestem   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium]
  
• coastal little bluestem   (Source: Proc E Nat Grass Sym [as S. scoparium var. littoralis]) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale]
  
• eastern little bluestem   (Source: Grass Tex [as S. scoparium var. divergens]) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens]
  
• little bluestem   (Source: Grass US [as S. scoparium]) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium]
  
• little bluestem   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• New Mexico little bluestem   (Source: Grass Tex [as S. scoparium var. neomexicanum]) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum]
  
• pinehill bluestem   (Source: F NAmer [as S. scoparium var. divergens]) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens]
  
• prairie beard grass   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• seacoast bluestem   (Source: Grass Tex [as S. scoparium var. littorale]) – English   [Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale]
  
• präriegräs   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (for roadsides & prairies fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hort Rev 39:130. 2012)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (for roadsides & prairies fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  
• Environmental: wildlife habitat   (for roadsides & prairies fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Grass VarUSA; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
  
• 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)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia [s.e.], Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
  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, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  North America
  United States

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed.
• Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. [= Andropogon scoparius].
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16.
• Meyer, M. H. 2012. Chapter 3. Ornamental grasses in the United States. Hort. Rev. 39:121–151.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1961–1984. Flora of New South Wales.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Schizachyrium scoparium.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Schizachyrium scoparium.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Schizachyrium scoparium.

Synonyms:

• Andropogon divergens (Hack.) Andersson ex Hitchc. [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens]
  
• Andropogon littoralis Nash [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale]
  
• Andropogon neomexicanus Nash [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum]
  
• Andropogon scoparius Michx. [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium]
  (previously associated with 274 accessions)
• Andropogon scoparius var. divergens Hack. [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens]
  
• Andropogon scoparius var. littoralis (Nash) Hitchc. [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale]
  
• Andropogon scoparius var. neomexicanus (Nash) Hitchc. [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum]
  
• Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E. P. Bicknell [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale]
  
• Schizachyrium neomexicanum (Nash) Nash [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum]
  
• Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens (Hack.) Gould [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens]
  
• Schizachyrium scoparium var. littorale (Nash) Gould [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale]
  
• Schizachyrium scoparium var. neomexicanum (Nash) Gould [≡ Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum]
  

Check other web resources for Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash:

• 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
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.
• Spikelets and/or florets: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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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