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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Schizachyrium rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould
Rhizomatous bluestem

Schizachyrium rhizomatum
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to South Florida.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Taxonomy: some authors place this into synonomy under S. scoparium.

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. We consider this native and extant only on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.

Other data on Schizachyrium rhizomatum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Schizachyrium rhizomatum has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Schizachyrium rhizomatum has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


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Schizachyrium rhizomatum
Copyright by: George D. Gann