See other conspecific taxa:

• Schizachyrium scoparium (0 accessions)
• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens (0 accessions)
• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum (0 accessions)
• Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Andropogon littoralis Nash
• (≡) Andropogon scoparius var. littoralis (Nash) Hitchc.
• (≡) Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E. P. Bicknell
• (≡) Schizachyrium scoparium var. littorale (Nash) Gould

Common names:

• coastal little bluestem  (Source: Proc E Nat Grass Sym) - English
• seacoast bluestem  (Source: Grass Tex) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator; revegetator

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana (n.w.), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York (s.e.), Ohio (n.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, Maryland (e.), North Carolina (e.), Virginia (e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]


Cultivated

Northern America

• United States (s.)

References:

1. Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland 2:130.
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Schizachyrium littorale (Nash) E. P. Bicknell
3. Gandhi, K. N. & F. E. Smeins. 1996. Four new combinations and one neotypification in Schizachyrium (Poaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 8:67-68.
4. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=416213. Accessed 1 July 2024.