Sorghastrum elliottii
| Sorghastrum elliottii | |
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| Photo taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order: | Cyperales |
| Family: | Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae |
| Genus: | Sorghastrum |
| Species: | S. elliottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash | |
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| Natural range of Sorghastrum elliottii from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: slender Indiangrass
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, S. elliottii has been found in sandy loam of open slash-pine woodland; wooded ridge; upland, open pine-oak woodland; turkey oak/ longleaf pine scrub; scrub oak sand ridge; annually burned upland pine community; edge of limestone opening; open wiregrass flat in low longleaf pineland; burned upland longleaf pine; annually burned savanna; and on the edge of a limestone glade under Juniperus virginiana (FSU Herbarium). It has been found in disturbed habitats such as camping areas, upland mixed woodland clearings; sand between marshy area and highway, sandy loam field track, sandy soils between pine plantation and highway, and woodland trails. Soil types include loamy sand and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium).
