| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Anatherum arctatum | 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. |  (c) Budach, Brett - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Poaceae | Anatherum bicorne | 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). |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Poaceae | Anatherum brachystachyum | 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. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Poaceae | Anatherum cabanisii | Florida Splitbeard Bluestem | Longleaf pine sandhills, scrubby, mesic, and wet pinelands. | Endemic to s. and c. peninsular FL. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Poaceae | Anatherum 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). |  (c) Horn, Jay |
| Poaceae | Anatherum capillipes | Dryland White Bluestem | Dry to mesic pine flatwoods, sandhills, adjacent roadbanks. | Se. NC south to s. FL and west to s. AL. |  (c) Horn, Jay |
| Poaceae | Anatherum cretaceum | Purple Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem | Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, maritime forests, ditches, wet disturbed sites. Often becoming abundant in mesic or wet-mesic flatwood sites that are roller chopped or otherwise mechanically disturbed. | Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL and west to e. TX (Singhurst, Sorrie, & Holmes 2012). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Poaceae | Anatherum cumulicola | Scrub Bluestem | Florida scrub, scrubby flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills. | Endemic to c. and s. FL peninsula. |  (c) Budach, Brett - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Poaceae | Anatherum dealbatum | 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). |  (c) Budach, Brett - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Poaceae | Anatherum floridanum | Florida Bluestem | Florida scrub and scrubby pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills. | S. GA west to FL Panhandle, south to s. FL. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Poaceae | Anatherum glomeratum | 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. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Poaceae | Anatherum gyrans | 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. |  (c) Horn, Jay |
| Poaceae | Anatherum hirsutius | 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. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Poaceae | Anatherum longiberbe | 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. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Poaceae | Anatherum miamiense | Miami Bluestem | Pine rocklands. | Endemic to s. FL. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Poaceae | Anatherum mohrii | Tawny Bluestem, Bog Bluestem | Wet pine savannas, sphagnous bogs. | Se. VA south to n. FL, west to LA. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Poaceae | Anatherum perangustatum | 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. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Poaceae | Anatherum species 2 | Haws Run Bluestem | Calcareous wet longleaf pine savanna. | Endemic to se. NC (as far as is known). | |
| Poaceae | Anatherum subtile | Pine flatwoods and savannas, subtropical and often hyperseasonal grasslands. | South GA s. to c. FL, w. to e. LA. |  (c) Budach, Brett - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | |
| Poaceae | Anatherum tenuispatheum | 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. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Poaceae | Anatherum ternarium | 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. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Poaceae | Anatherum 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. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Poaceae | Anatherum virginicum 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.). |  (c) Ward, Scott G - CC-BY |
| Poaceae | Anatherum virginicum var. virginicum | 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. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |