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Details for: PI 668128,
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash, WC 20
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
Top Name:
WC 20
Origin:
Collected – Ohio, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
11 Sep 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
Top Name:
WC 20
Origin:
Collected – Ohio, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
11 Sep 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
11 September 2004.
Ohio, United States
Locality:
Stark County
Coordinates:
40.6667, -81.6583
(Map it)
Georeference protocol:
Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Number of plants sampled:
6
Collector(s):
Hawes, Robert W., The Wilderness Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
WC 20
Type: Collector identifier
Grif 16430
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers
OPGC 2189
Type: Site identifier
Group: OPGC
OPGC Accession Numbers
Narrative
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
Genus:
Schizachyrium
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:
70698
Place of publication:
J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 59, 1326. 1903
Verified:
02/08/2000
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash subsp.
divergens
(Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins
(0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash subsp.
littorale
(Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
(10 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash subsp.
neomexicanum
(Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
(0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash subsp.
scoparium
(5 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
little bluestem
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
prairie beard grass
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Swedish
präriegräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
12 Jul 2006, from
Andropogon scoparius
Michx. to
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
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GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
7
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
8
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
5
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
2 - Cauline
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
4
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
1.9
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
9 - Sparse
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Length
Length of flower in centimeters
49
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Width
Width of flower in centimeters
4
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in millimeters
3
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
186
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
Not Available