Schizachyrium scoparium (Michaux) Nash. Common name: Common Little Bluestem. Phenology: (Jun-) Aug-Dec. Habitat: 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. Distribution: 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 ⓘ: = GW1, Wipff (2024); = Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. scoparius — Tat; = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash ssp. scoparium — Mi, Gandhi (1989); = Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium — Ar, C, ETx1, FNA25, K4, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, Wipff (1996a); > 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. Basionym: Andropogon scoparius Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium - FNA25

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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