Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E.P. Bicknell. Seaside Little Bluestem. Phen: Aug-Dec. Hab: Coastal dunes and maritime dry grasslands, often with Uniola paniculata, Panicum amarum, and other dune plants. Dist: 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.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This taxon (as currently circumscribed) is badly in need of critical taxonomic study.

Synonymy: = FlGr, FNA25, GW1, Il, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Va; = Andropogon littoralis Nash – HC, S, Tat; = Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. littoralis (Nash) Hitchc. – F, G; = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins – Mi; = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. littoralis – Tx, orthographic variant; = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. littorale (Nash) Gould – C, Pa, WH3, Wipff (1996a); < Andropogon scoparius Michx. – RAB; < Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins – Gandhi (1989)

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
• Great Plains: FACW
• Midwest: FACW
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily: 9