Schizachyrium scoparium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Schizachyrium
- Species
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Scientific Name
- Schizachyrium scoparium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Schizachyrium scoparium
Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a species of North American prairie grass native to most of the contiguous United States (except California, Nevada, and Oregon) as well as a small area north of the Canada–US border and northern Mexico. It is most common in the Midwestern prairies and is one of the most abundant native plants in Texas grasslands.
Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass and is prominent in tallgrass prairies, along with big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). It is a warm-season species, meaning it employs the C4 photosynthetic pathway.
...Schizachyrium scoparium in languages:
- Danish
- Liden Præriegræs
- English
- little bluestem
- English
- beard grass
- French
- barbon à balais
- Russian
- Схизахириум метельчатый
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Schizachyrium brevifolium
- Schizachyrium cirratum
- Schizachyrium condensatum
- Schizachyrium delavayi
- Schizachyrium delicatum
- Schizachyrium djalonicum
- Schizachyrium exile
- Schizachyrium fragile
- Schizachyrium gaumeri
- Schizachyrium glaziovii
- Schizachyrium gracile
- Schizachyrium gresicola
- Schizachyrium jeffreysii
- Schizachyrium littorale
- Schizachyrium maclaudii
- Schizachyrium malacostachyum
- Schizachyrium maritimum
- Schizachyrium mexicanum
- Schizachyrium microstachyum
- Schizachyrium muelleri
- Schizachyrium niveum
- Schizachyrium nodulosum
- Schizachyrium parvifolium
- Schizachyrium penicillatum
- Schizachyrium platyphyllum
- Schizachyrium pseudeulalia
- Schizachyrium radicosum
- Schizachyrium rhizomatum
- Schizachyrium ruderale
- Schizachyrium rupestre
- Schizachyrium salzmannii
- Schizachyrium sanguineum
- Schizachyrium schweinfurthii
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Schizachyrium semitectum
- Schizachyrium spicatum
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- Schizachyrium tenerum
- Schizachyrium urceolatum
- Schizachyrium yangambiense
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