| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa barbinodis | Cane Bluestem, Pinhole Bluestem | Sandy or rocky limestone soils, eastward in disturbed areas, including roadsides. | OK and TX west to CA, south into Mexico. |  |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa bladhii | Australian Bluestem | Road medians, pastures, other disturbed areas. | Native of subtropical Asia and Africa. Reported from e. TN (according to specimen cited by FNA and Z) and Alachua County, FL. |  |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa exaristata | Awnless Bluestem | Black clay (calcareous) soils of coastal prairies. | W. LA and se. TX; disjunct in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. |  |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa hybrida | Open calcareous habitats; eastwards on roadsides. | Native of TX south into Mexico. Described as "widespread and well-established along roadsides in Georgia" (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009). |  | |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica | King Ranch Bluestem, KR Bluestem, Yellow Bluestem | Highway medians and margins, other disturbed places. | Native of s. Europe and w. Asia. Reported for SC (Kartesz 1999) and GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009). Reported for s. MO (Thomas 2017). "This species, along with B. laguroides [torreyana], appear to be spreading steadily, especially along the I-81 corridor where they are conspicuous during the late Summer and Fall flowering and fruiting season" (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019). |  |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa longipaniculata | Longspike Silver Bluestem | Grasslands, woodlands, disturbed areas, roadsides. | LA to TX, south to Mexico and Panama. Reported for GA (Zomlefer et al. 2018). Reported for SC Coastal Plain (Bradley et al. [in prep.]). |  |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa pertusa | Pitted Bluestem | Disturbed areas, especially over calcareous substrates (like roadsides, pastures, and disturbed prairies of the Black Belt). | Native of Eurasia. Introduced at scattered sites in e. North America, including FL, LA, MD, MS (FNA, Kartesz 1999), and AL (Diamond, England, & Dykes 2013). |  |
| Poaceae | Bothriochloa torreyana | Silver Bluestem | Dry, sandy prairies and other grasslands, eastwards in road medians and other disturbed areas. | MO and NV south to w. LA, TX, CA, and Mexico; adventive elsewhere (the exact boundaries of the native distribution obscure). Reported for SC (Kartesz 1999), ne. GA (Jones & Coile 1988; Allred & Gould 1983), e. TN, and c. TN (Chester et al. 1993), s. MO (Thomas 2017), in some cases as B. saccharoides var. torreyana. |  |
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