Schizachyrium sanguineum
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Schizachyrium sanguineum | |
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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 | |
Natural range of Schizachyrium sanguineum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
Common name: crimson bluestem
Contents
Taxonomic notes
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 (FSU Herbarium). It can be found in reddish sandy soils (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Pityopsis adenolepis, Cladonia, Warea, Crotonopsis, Lechea, Paronychia, Pityopsis aspera, Eupatorium pinnatifidum, Gnaphalium obtusifolium, Diodia teres, centipede grass and bahia grass (FSU Herbarium).