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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
PoaceaeSorghastrum apalachicolenseApalachicola Indiangrass, Open IndiangrassPine flatwoods and longleaf pine sandhills.Panhandle FL west to s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999). It may well occur as well in GA.image of plant
PoaceaeSorghastrum elliottiiSlender IndiangrassWoodlands and forests, river-scour areas, including oak-hickory forests and woodlands over mafic rocks.MD south to FL and west to TX, inland to TN, AR, and OK, mainly on the Coastal Plain, but extending inland to other physiographic provinces.image of plant
PoaceaeSorghastrum nutansYellow IndiangrassXeric and mesic woodlands and forests of a wide variety, prairies, barrens, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks. Along with Andropogon gerardi, Schizachyrium scoparium, and Panicum virgatum, Sorghastrum nutans is one of the dominant grasses of the tall-grass prairie. It is also common in a variety of open habitats (natural and altered) in the forested landscape of eastern North America.ME and QC west to s. MB, south to c. peninsular FL, TX, UT, AZ, and s. Mexico.image of plant
PoaceaeSorghastrum secundumLopsided IndiangrassLongleaf pine sandhills, Florida dry prairies, pine rocklands.S. SC south to s. FL and west to s. AL (Sorrie & Leonard 1999); n. Bahamas.image of plant