PLANTS Profile for Schizachyrium littorale (shore little bluestem)

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Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell
shore little bluestem

Symbol:

SCLI11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

Andropogon littoralis

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 littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

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Synonyms:
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

	ANLI5	Andropogon littoralis Nash
	ANSCL	Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. littoralis (Nash) Hitchc.
	SCSCL2	Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
	SCSCL	Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. littorale (Nash) Gould

Distribution:
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell


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USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Schizachyrium

Classification:
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

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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 littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell – shore little bluestem

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Ohio:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. littorale
coastal little bluestem		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. littorale
seaside bluestem		Rare

More Accounts and Images:
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 521073.

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 11:56 AM MDT