Andropogon longiberbis
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| Andropogon longiberbis | |
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| 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. | |
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| Natural range of Andropogon longiberbis from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
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). 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).
Phenology
Flowers from September to October (Weakley 2015).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
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.
