PLANTS Profile for Schizachyrium maritimum (gulf bluestem)

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Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash
gulf bluestem

Symbol:

SCMA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

Andropogon maritimus

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

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Synonyms:
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

ANMA10

Andropogon maritimus Chapm.

Distribution:
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash


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USA (AL, FL, LA, MS)

Related Taxa:
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Schizachyrium

Classification:
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Schizachyrium Nees – little bluestem
Species	Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash – gulf bluestem

Wetland Indicator Status:
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC+

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More Accounts and Images:
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42072.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 03:59 AM MDT