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§1 Plant
Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
vernacular bushy bluestem — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Andropogon
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 320 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–6.3
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 6.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 205,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 320 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Brantley 13025
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Forsyth 13117
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Sumter 13261
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Wilkes 13317
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Russell 51167
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ANGL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2706097 ↗Record version
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