Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Andropogon glomeratus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem
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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.
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_glomeratus_2
October
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmaglomeratusvarglom_sb
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Andropogon glomeratus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
85
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in swamps, wet savannas, pine flatwoods, wet disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p173
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p207
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p765?
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p200
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p140
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p215
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p024