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Revision as of 10:09, 11 May 2021

Schizachyrium sanguineum
Schi sang.jpg
Photo and permission by Sue Carnahan SEINet Arizona – New Mexico Chapter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Schizachyrium
Species: S. sanguineum
Binomial name
Schizachyrium sanguineum
(Retz.) Alston
SCHI SANG dist.jpg
Natural range of Schizachyrium sanguineum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Crimson bluestem

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Andropogon hirtiflorus (Nees) Kunth; Schizachyrium sanguineum var. brevipedicellatum (Beal) Hatch

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, S. sanguineaum can be found in wet hammocks, pine flatwoods on limerocks, scrub oak barrens, sandy old fields, turkey oak sand ridges, longleaf pine-deciduous scrub oak forests, and pine-scrub oak sand ridges.[1] It can be found in reddish sandy soils.[1] Associated species include Pityopsis adenolepis, Cladonia, Warea, Crotonopsis, Lechea, Paronychia, Pityopsis aspera, Eupatorium pinnatifidum, Gnaphalium obtusifolium, Diodia teres, centipede grass and bahia grass.[1]

Phenology

It has been recorded to flower August through November.[1]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: R.K. Godfrey, Loran C. Anderson, John B. Nelson, Rhonda Riggins, Sidney McDaniel, R. Kral, D. B. Ward, J. Hunter, F. S. Ward, J. P. Gillespie. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Dade, Escambia, Gilchrist, Lake, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Monroe, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.