Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Vorontsova & E.A. Kellogg. Common name: Common Bushy Bluestem. Phenology: Aug-Nov. Habitat: Swamps, wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs, fens, depression ponds, wet disturbed sites. Distribution: S. Massachusetts south to c. peninsular Florida and west to s. Mississippi, primarily on the Coastal Plain, but scattered inland to w. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, c. Kentucky, c. Tennessee and Arkansas.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Weakley et al (2024b) in Weakley et al (2024a); = Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — Ar, K4, POWO, Sorrie (2020b) in Weakley et al (2020), Weakley et al (2011), Wipff & Shaw (2018d); = Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. glomeratus — FlGr, FNA25, K1, NE, NS, NY, Va, WH3, Campbell (1983), Campbell (1986); = Andropogon virginicus L. var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Fernald & Griscom — C, F, G, GW1, Tat, WV; < Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg — Vorontsova et al (2023); >< Andropogon corymbosus (Chapm.) Nash var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Nash — S13; >< Andropogon corymbosus (Chapm.) Nash var. corymbosus — S13; < Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — ETx1, HC, Il, Pa, S, Tn, Tx, W; >< Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. glomeratus — S13; < Andropogon virginicus L. — RAB. Basionym: Cinna glomerata Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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native range: eastern United States