Andropogon arctatus

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

Description

Common names: Pinewoods Bluestem

Is a perennial (Hall 1978).

Distribution

Is occasionally found in northern and central peninsula of Florida; central and western panhandle (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).

Ecology

Habitat

It is found in moist, sunny, low grass-sedge clearings. It is found in open pine flatwood and savanna communities.[1]. Is found in dry to wet flatwoods and sand pine scrub (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).

Phenology

It flowers from late September to frost.[1]

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It is maintained by fire. [1]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

Hall, David Walter. The Grasses of Florida. 1978. University of Florida – Dissertation. 442. Print.

Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Second edition. 2003. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 177. Print.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kral, R. (1983). Andropogon arctatus Chapm. A report on some rare, threatened or endangered forest-related vascular plants of the South. R. Kral. Atlanta, GA, USDA Forest Service, Paper 183: 40-43.