Index / Search / Andropogon ternarius var. ternarius
§1 Plant
Andropogon ternarius Michx. var. ternarius
vernacular splitbeard bluestem — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Andropogon
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 355 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 355 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Nevada 05099
- Pike 05109
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brooks 13027
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Evans 13109
- Glascock 13125
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Johnson 13167
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Putnam 13237
- Stephens 13257
- Thomas 13275
- Walker 13295
- Washington 13303
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Camden 37029
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Greenwood 45047
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Grainger 47057
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ANTET ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2706082 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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