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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon glomeratus   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)

Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:

Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon glomeratus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon glomeratus

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem


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image of Andropogon glomeratus, Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem

JK Marlow    jkm070310_015

March    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

A large dense terminal mass of inflorescences makes the plant bushy-topped, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Andropogon glomeratus, Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem

JK Marlow    jkm060903_023

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Paired racemes short-peduncled, sitting between 2 clasping bractlike leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Andropogon glomeratus, Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_glomeratus_2

October        

image of Andropogon glomeratus, Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmaglomeratusvarglom_sb

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon glomeratus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon glomeratus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon glomeratus

 

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85

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs, fens, depression ponds, wet disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain

 

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