Schizachyrium scoparium (Michaux) Nash var. scoparium . Common Little Bluestem. Phen: (Jun-) Aug-Dec. Hab: 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. Dist: NB west to AB, south to Panhandle FL and Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This species is extremely variable, some of the variability correlated with habitat and geography; the recognition of infraspecific taxa is likely warranted.

Synonymy: = Ar, C, ETx1, FNA25, K3, K4, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, Wipff (1996a); = Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. scoparius – Tat; = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – GW1; = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. scoparium – K1, Mi, Gandhi (1989); > Andropogon praematurus Fernald – F, G; < Andropogon scoparius Michx. – RAB, S, W, WV; > Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. ducis Fernald & Griscom – F; > Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. frequens F.T.Hubb. – F; > Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. neo-mexicanus (Nash) Hitchc. – F; > Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. polycladus Scribn. & Ball – F; > Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. scoparius – F, G, HC; > Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. septentrionalis Fernald & Griscom – F; < Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – Il, Mex, NcTx; > Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – S13; < Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. scoparium – FlGr; < Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium – WH3; > Schizachyrium villosissimum (Kearney) Nash – S13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ?: 8