The Institute for Regional Conservation

Plants of South Florida · Plants by Conservation Area · Plants by County · Plants by Habitat
Quick Search · Advanced Search

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.

Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston
Crimson bluestem

Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images.

Other data on Schizachyrium sanguineum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Schizachyrium sanguineum has been found in the following 89 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Homestead Bayfront Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lovers Key State Park	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Mangrove Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Schizachyrium sanguineum has been found in the following 6 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native