Details for: PI 675548, Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash, 9082317

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash

Top Name:

9082317

Origin:

Collected – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

31 Mar 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 675548 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash

Top Name:

9082317

Origin:

Collected – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

31 Mar 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

PRE 2002.
North Carolina, United States

Donated

2004.
New Jersey, United States

Donor(s):

Miller, Chris, USDA-NRCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

9082317

Type: Institute identifier

NSL 439963

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Little bluestem is a medium tall, native perennial warm-season bunch grass with coarse stems and basal leaves. It is easily mistaken for common broomsedge, which is lower in forage value. Little bluestem plants are 1.5-5 ft tall, erect, and slender to robust, with compressed stems. They have flat bluish basal shoots, which are somewhat bulbous at the bottom. Plants are green but are often purplish at the base of the stem and entire plants have reddish cast after frost. Leaves are nearly hairless except for a small tuft at the junction of sheath and blade, and tend to fold with maturity. Seed heads are in the form of racemes about 3 inches long. The raceme stems are hairy. Little bluestem develops full stands where moisture is sufficient but gets clumpy on drier sites. It has value as a persistent low-maintenance cover plant and as a summer forage plant. Suther Prairie germplasm little bluestem is recommended for roadside revegetation, critical area, wildlife habitat, parks recreational areas, landscapes, and prairie restoration.

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	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)

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