See other conspecific taxa:

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

Common names:

• little bluestem  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• prairie beard grass  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• präriegräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
• Environmental: ornamental; revegetator (for roadsides & prairies fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) wildlife habitat (for roadsides & prairies fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia (s.e.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León]


Cultivated

Northern America

• North America, United States


Naturalized

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

References:

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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=70698. Accessed 1 July 2024.