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.

Common names: Longbeard Bluestem

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

It is found from North Carolina south to southern and western Florida[1].

Ecology

Habitat

Habitats of A. longiberbis include dry, well-drained, sandy soils of longleaf pine-turkey oak sandhills, limerock in pine flatwoods, dunes, wiregrass-palmetto flatwoods, sandy upland old fields, and sand pine-evergreen oak scrubs[2][1]. It grows well in areas of sunlight and semi opened areas and can be found in disturbed habitats such as sandy vacant lots, roadsides, ditches, railroad banks, pine plantations, and waste grounds.

Associated species include Pinus, Quercus, wiregrass, palmetto, turkey oak, Phoebanthus, Psoralia, Schrankia, Smilax auriculata, Helianthemum sp., Cenchrus spinifex, Panicum spp. Heterotheca subaxillaris, Monarda punctata, Quercus hemispherica, and others[2].

Phenology

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


Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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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.

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.