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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Andropogon glomeratus (Walt.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. pumilus
Vasey ex Dewey
Common bushy bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

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

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: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Synonyms: A. tenuispatheus.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1907 by C.F. Millspaugh for the lower sandy Keys. Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for edges of hammocks and limestone sinkholes in the lower Keys and lower sandy Keys. Although weedy, we consider this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.

Other data on Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus has been reported from the following 22 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area 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
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract Present Native
Little Hamaca Park Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Long Key State Park Present Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve Present Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus has been reported for the following 5 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Coastal Interdunal Swale
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock


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Andropogon glomeratus
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Andropogon glomeratus
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Andropogon glomeratus
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Andropogon glomeratus
Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist
Andropogon glomeratus
Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist