| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Andropogon arctatus | Florida Bluestem | Wet pinelands, pineland bogs, rarely moist disturbed ground. | N. FL west to w. Panhandle of FL and adjacent s. AL, south to s. FL. The curious record from Pamlico County, NC (the specimen at GH, collected by Randolph and Randolph in 1922, annotated as A. arctatus by Campbell) is likely a waif. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon bicornis | West Indian Bluestem, Barbas de Indio | Open, disturbed areas. | Native of the West Indies, Mexico, etc. and probably only a non-native waif in our area (s. FL). |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon brachystachyus | Shortspike Bluestem | Moist to wet pinelands, natural pond margins, bogs, disturbed roadsides. | Se. SC (McMillan et al. 2002) south to FL, south to s. FL, west to e. FL Panhandle. A. brachystachyus has been considered by some to range north to NC. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon cabanisii | Florida Splitbeard Bluestem | Longleaf pine sandhills, scrubby, mesic, and wet pinelands. | Endemic to s. and c. peninsular FL. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon campbellii | Deceptive Bluestem | Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, maritime wet grasslands, disturbed pinelands, other wetlands. | Se. VA south to s. FL and west to w. FL; also in the Bahamas (Sorrie & LeBlond (1997). |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon capillipes | Dryland White Bluestem | Dry to mesic pine flatwoods, sandhills, adjacent roadbanks. | Se. NC south to s. FL and west to s. AL. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon cretaceus | Purple Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem | Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, maritime forests, ditches, wet disturbed sites. | Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL and west to e. TX (Singhurst, Sorrie, & Holmes 2012). |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon cumulicola | Scrub Bluestem | Florida scrub, scrubby flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills. | Endemic to c. and s. FL peninsula. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon dealbatus | Wetland White Bluestem | Wet pine savannas, ditches adjacent to those savannas, depressional wetlands. | S. NJ south to s. FL and west to e. TX; also in the Bahamas (Sorrie & LeBlond 1997). |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon elliottii | Elliott’s Bluestem | Dry to moist forests, woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, pine savannas, fields, and disturbed areas. | S. NJ west to s. IN, s. IL, s. MO, south to s. FL and TX. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon floridanus | Florida Bluestem | Florida scrub and scrubby pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills. | S. GA west to FL Panhandle, south to s. FL. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon gerardi | Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | In a wide variety of habitats, usually rather dry, such as longleaf pine sandhills, glades, cliffs, and rock outcrops, in the Piedmont in woodlands, former prairie-like sites, woodlands, open forests, and river-scour grasslands, in the Mountains in glades, riverside scour areas, and rarely in grassy balds, ascending to at least 1600 m over mafic rocks (on Old Field Bald, Watauga and Ashe counties, NC). | QC west to SK, south to FL and AZ and Mexico. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon glomeratus | Common Bushy Bluestem | Swamps, wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs, fens, depression ponds, wet disturbed sites. | S. MA south to c. peninsular FL and west to s. MS, primarily on the Coastal Plain, but scattered inland to w. PA, WV, c. KY, c. TN and AR. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | Sandy soils. | ND and MT south to TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico; with eastward outliers likely representing introductions (as in IN, IL, MN, MO, and AR). The status of the species in MO is discussed by Braun (2019). |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon hirsutior | Hairy Bluestem | Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches, other wet disturbed sites. | E. MD south to c. peninsular FL, west to se. LA. Material west of the Mississippi River appears to be of this taxon, but needs additional study. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon longiberbis | Longbeard Bluestem | Dry sandy soils of sandhills and dunes, calcareous wet pinelands and dry pine rocklands (this may be another new species, under study). | Se. NC south to s. and w. FL; Bahamas. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon miamiensis | Miami Bluestem | Pine rocklands. | Endemic to s. FL. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon mohrii | Tawny Bluestem, Bog Bluestem | Wet pine savannas, sphagnous bogs. | Se. VA south to n. FL, west to LA. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon perangustatus | Narrowleaf Bluestem | Wet pinelands, clay-based Carolina bays, other depression wetlands, and boggy wetlands. | E. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon species 2 | Haws Run Bluestem | Calcareous wet longleaf pine savanna. | Endemic to se. NC (as far as is known). | |
| Poaceae | Andropogon species 5 | Nash’s Bluestem | Longleaf pine flatwoods, dry-mesic to mesic southern Florida grasslands. | Se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to se. LA. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon tenuispatheus | Maritime Bushy Bluestem | Maritime wet grasslands, brackish marsh edges, calcareous wet grasslands, interdune swales and ponds, seepages in limestone areas, prairies, moist disturbed sites. | Se. VA and c. OK south to s. FL and c. and s. TX, south into Central America; West Indies. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem | Longleaf pine sandhills, dry to moist soils of woodlands and openings. | DE and s. NJ west to KY and s. MO, south to FL and TX. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon tracyi | Tracy's Bluestem | Dry sandy or clayey soils of longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, disturbed sites. | E. NC south to s. FL and west to MS. |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon virginicus var. 1 | Smooth Bluestem | Longleaf pine savannas. | NC south to peninsular FL, west to e. LA. Known from NC and SC (Berkeley and Marion counties; P. McMillan, pers. comm.). |  |
| Poaceae | Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus | Old-field Broomstraw, Broomsedge, "Sedge Grass", "Sage Grass", "Broom Sage" | Old fields, roadbanks, disturbed sites. | MA west to MI and e. KS, south to FL and e. TX; West Indies; Mexico and Central America. |  |
Cite as...