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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schizachyrium littorale   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium littorale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Schizachyrium littorale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Schizachyrium littorale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Schizachyrium littorale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Schizachyrium littorale

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001?:

Andropogon scoparius   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Andropogon scoparius var. littoralis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon littoralis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon littoralis

 

COMMON NAME:
Seaside Little Bluestem


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image of Schizachyrium littorale, Seaside Little Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anli5_001_lvd

        

image of Schizachyrium littorale, Seaside Little Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_scli11_001_lvd

        

image of Schizachyrium littorale, Seaside Little Bluestem

Alan S. Weakley    asw_6176075422426476

January    Dare County    NC

Jockeys Ridge State Park

Plants cespitose, the stem sometimes decumbent at the base and rooting at the lower nodes, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schizachyrium littorale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium littorale   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schizachyrium littorale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Schizachyrium littorale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schizachyrium littorale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Schizachyrium littorale

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001?:
Andropogon scoparius   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Andropogon scoparius var. littoralis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon littoralis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon littoralis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4755

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal dunes and maritime dry grasslands, often with Uniola paniculata, Panicum amarum, and other dune plants, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Coastal Plain of North Carolina & Georgia

Common in NC (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], without creeping rhizomes

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Raceme (1 per peduncle)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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