Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins GRIN-Global

Taxon: Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins

Summary

Genus:

Schizachyrium

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Andropogoninae

Nomen number:

416213

Place of publication:

Harvard Pap. Bot. 8:68. 1996

Verified:

02/07/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. divergens (Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. neomexicanum (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. scoparium (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Andropogon littoralis Nash

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. littoralis (Nash) Hitchc.
Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E. P. Bicknell
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. littorale (Nash) Gould

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Reference(s)

Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland. 2000 2:130.
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Gandhi, K. N. & F. E. Smeins. 1996. Four new combinations and one neotypification in Schizachyrium (Poaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 8:67-68.
Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975

Common names

English
coastal little bluestem –
seacoast bluestem –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States

Native
Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia]

Cultivated
Northern America

REGION: United States

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	erosion control		Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland. 2000 2:130.
Environmental	revegetator		Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland. 2000 2:130.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=416213. Accessed 22 April 2025.