| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium divergens | Pinehill Bluestem | Longleaf pine sandhills, upland longleaf pine savannas, barrens, prairies, various other open habitats. | KY, s. AR, and nc. TX, south to Panhandle FL, AL, MS, LA, and se. TX, primarily in the West Gulf Coastal Plain. | ![]() (c) Northup, Alison - CC-BY |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium gracile var. gracile | Wire Bluestem | Pine rocklands, marl prairies, disturbed areas over limestone. | S. peninsular FL; West Indies. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium hirtiflorum | Hairy Crimson Bluestem | Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed sandy sites. | Sw. GA and FL west to AZ and south through Central America to South America; West Indies. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium littorale | Seaside Little Bluestem | Coastal dunes and maritime dry grasslands, often with Uniola paniculata, Panicum amarum, and other dune plants. | E. MA south to NC (or SC?), and inland on the shores of the Great Lakes. Also reported for FL for ne. FL (Duval County) and Panhandle FL (Franklin County), and in s. TX. | ![]() (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium maritimum | Gulf Coast Bluestem | Coastal dunes and grasslands. | AL and FL west to e. LA. | ![]() (c) Weakley, Alan - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium niveum | Pinescrub Bluestem | Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills. | Endemic to c. peninsular FL; reported for Lowndes Co. in sc. GA (Kral 1973), but the report has been discounted by later authors (Wipff in FNA 2003a). | ![]() (c) Budach, Brett - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium rhizomatum | South Florida Bluestem, Marl Bluestem | Pine rocklands, marl prairies, calcareous wet prairies. | Endemic to c. and s. peninsular FL. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium scoparium | Common Little Bluestem | In a wide range of moist to dry habitats. One of the most ubiquitous plants in the modern landscape of our area, occurring throughout in a wide diversity of habitats. | NB west to AB, south to Panhandle FL and Mexico. | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium sericatum | Silky Bluestem | Rockland hammock edges, disturbed uplands. | Endemic to the Florida Keys (Monroe County). | ![]() © USF Herbarium staff |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium stoloniferum | Creeping Bluestem | Fall-line sandhills in the inner Coastal Plain, further southward into peninsular FL this species occurs in a wide variety of soils, often in pineland seepages (including cutthroat seeps and other seepage slopes), and wet to mesic savannas, as well as upslope into scrubby flatwoods. | SC and GA south to s. FL and west to s. MS. | ![]() (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium tenerum | Slender Bluestem, Liedown Grass | Longleaf pine savannas, sandhills, and flatwoods. | S. GA, ne. FL, and FL Panhandle west to e. TX; Mexico, Central America, to South America. | ![]() (c) Ward, Scott G - CC-BY |










