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Schizachyrium Nees
little bluestem

       
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Schizachyrium Nees

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Distribution:
Schizachyrium Nees

 
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Schizachyrium Nees

View 338 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Büse. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium brevifolium
serillo dulce
Distribution of Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Woot. & Standl.. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium cirratum
Texas bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium condensatum
Colombian bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium littorale
shore little bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium maritimum
gulf bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium microstachyum (Desv. ex Ham.) Roseng. et al.. .
Schizachyrium microstachyum
Distribution of Schizachyrium niveum (Swallen) Gould. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium niveum
pinescrub bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium pachyarthron C.A. Gardner. .
Schizachyrium pachyarthron
Distribution of Schizachyrium rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium rhizomatum
Florida little bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston. .
Schizachyrium sanguineum
crimson bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium scoparium
little bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium spadiceum (Swallen) Wipff. .
Schizachyrium spadiceum
honey bluestem
Distribution of Schizachyrium tenerum Nees. . Image Available.
Schizachyrium tenerum
slender little bluestem
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Classification:
Schizachyrium Nees

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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
 

More Accounts and Images:
Schizachyrium Nees

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42069.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 
 
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