Andropogon longiberbis

Andropogon longiberbis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order:	Cyperales
Family:	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus:	Andropogon
Species:	A. longiberbis
Binomial name
Andropogon longiberbis Hack.
Natural range of Andropogon longiberbis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common names: Longbeard Bluestem

Distribution

Found from North Carolina south to southern and western Florida (Weakley 2015).

Ecology

Habitat

This species found in dry, well-drained, sandy soils of sandhills, limerock and dune habitats (Weakley 2015, FSU Herbarium). It is also found in longleaf pine-turkey oak hills and ridges, pine flatwoods on limerock, wiregrass-palmetto flatwoods, sandy upland old fields, ridges of sand pine scrub, and sand pine-evergreen oak scrub (FSU Herbarium). This species does well with high light intensity in open and semi opened areas (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found in disturbed areas such as sandy vacant lots, roadsides, ditches, railroad banks, pine plantations, and waste grounds (FSU Herbarium)

Phenology

It has been seen flowering between April and October and Fruiting between August to November (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014.

Collectors: W. P. Adams, L. C. Anderson, Wm. G. Atwater, R. Blaisdell, C. Campbell, A. F. Clewell, D. S. Correll, F. C. Creager, D. B. Creager, R. K. Godfrey, R. Kral, O. Lakela, W. Lindsey, R. E. Perdue Jr., C. R. Slaughter, and W. R. Stimson.

States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Brevard, Charlotte, Clay, Columbia, Dade, Duval, Franklin, Gilchrist, Hillsborough, Lafayette, Lee, Leon, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, and Wakulla.

Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 355.