View source for Schizachyrium littorale

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|accepted_name=Schizachyrium littorale
|accepted_authority=(Nash) E.P. Bicknell
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|common_names=Shore bluestem;Dune bluestem
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|name=Schizachyrium scoparium var. littorale
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|rank=variety
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|name=Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale
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|rank=subspecies
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|name=Andropogon scoparius var. littoralis
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|name=Andropogon scoparius var. ducis
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|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Schizachyrium;Schizachyrium littorale
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Schizachyrium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Schizachyrium littorale]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 672
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose, sometimes appearing rhizomatous, glaucous. <b>Culms</b> 39-160 cm, branching at the lower nodes, often rooting from nodes in contact with the soil; lower internodes usually shortened and compressed. <b>Leaves</b> glaucous; collars usually constricted, elongate; auricles flexible, yellow; ligules 1.5-2 mm; blades 10-30 cm long, 3.5-6.5 mm wide, without a longitudinal stripe of white, spongy tissue. <b>Peduncles</b> 0.5-5 mm; rames 3-9 cm, with 13-19 spikelets, arcuate at maturity; internodes 4-6 mm, densely villous, hairs 3-7.5 mm. <b>Sessile</b> spikelets 6-10 mm; calluses 0.2-0.5 mm, glabrous; lower glumes glabrous; awns 9-20 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 5-7 mm, hairy distally, hairs 5-7 mm. <b>Pedicellate</b> spikelets 1.5-5 mm, often staminate, unawned or awned, awns to 3.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Mass.;Miss.;Tex.;Ohio;Del.;Ala.;Ill.;La.;N.Y.;Va.;Pa.;Ga.;Ind.;Fla.;Conn.
|discussion=<p><i>Schizachyrium littorale</i> is restricted to shifting, coastal sand dunes of the Gulf, Atlantic, and Great Lakes coasts of the United States. It often appears rhizomatous because the lower nodes are frequently covered by sand.</p>
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name=Schizachyrium littorale
|authority=(Nash) E.P. Bicknell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Schizachyrium scoparium var. littorale;Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale;Andropogon scoparius var. littoralis;Andropogon scoparius var. ducis
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Mass.;Miss.;Tex.;Ohio;Del.;Ala.;Ill.;La.;N.Y.;Va.;Pa.;Ga.;Ind.;Fla.;Conn.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae
|genus=Schizachyrium
|species=Schizachyrium littorale
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