Andropogon ternarius

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Family:POACEAE
Species:Andropogon ternarius Michx.
Common Name:Split Beard Bluestem
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Split Beard Bluestem is a native herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). It can be found throughout most of Alabama. Split Beard Bluestem occurs in pine woodlands, in old fields, in pastures, in prairies, on roadsides, and in other dry, open habitats. It is a perennial with a fibrous root system. It is a warn season bunchgrass—growing during the summer months and forming discrete clumps. The stems are from 1-4 feet in height and branched in the upper third. The branches are erect. The stems are green or reddish in color and often glaucous. Basal leaves form a discrete clump. The leaves are flat, linear in outline and glabrous or pubescent. The stem leaves are alternate with sheaths that are pubescent. Flowers are produced in paired terminal racemes. The racemes are pubescent with long white hairs, and are on long exerted peduncles. Spikelets are produced in pairs along the racemes. One spikelets is fertile and pedicellate and the other sessile and sterile. The lemma of the spikelet is awned. Split Beard Bluestem is available as seed or plants from some native plant nurseries. It is sometimes used for erosion control. It is very ornamental, and provides interest throughout the late fall and winter months. It prefers a well-draining soil in full sun. Once established it is drought tolerant.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Andropogon
Species Andropogon ternarius Michx. - Split Beard Bluestem

Citation

Citation Andropogon ternarius Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 57. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: "Carolina", without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Andropogon argyraeus    
Andropogon ternarius var. glaucescens    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1892 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU102803 Etowah 05 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3999		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011494 Russell 24 Oct 2002 Kral, Robert
93562B		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014910 Henry 23 Oct 1973 Bostick, J.P.
282		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
UNA00060399 Covington 09 Dec 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13748		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011468 Monroe 09 Nov 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
16063		 TROY
Andropogon tenarius Michaux
AUA000027117 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-2		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx. Var. Ternarius
UNA00003394 Calhoun 19 Sep 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0008692 Henry 07 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20404		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UNA00050387 Randolph 11 Oct 1985 Nixon, C.F.
2028		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011484 Covington 09 Dec 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13748		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0049277 Bullock 02 Oct 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3636		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0050368 Covington 17 Oct 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5747		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0008693 Jefferson 05 Nov 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12559		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx. var. ternarius
TROY000026176 Washington 06 Oct 2000 Kral, Robert
90534		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011453 Pike 18 Oct 1995 Holmes, Jeanese
72		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UNA00003318 Mobile _ Oct 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0010034 Pike 15 Dec 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22760		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UNA00003389 Washington 07 Oct 1967 McDaniel, Sidney
9915		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000049264 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1377		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0016247 Coosa 11 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24637		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000033530 Barbour 08 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
215		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0039255 Lowndes 14 Oct 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28553		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UNA00050612 Houston 01 Nov 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10931		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000030130 Jefferson 05 Nov 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12559		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux var. ternarius
AUA000020077 Jefferson 5 Nov 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12559		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx. Var. Ternarius
TROY000036022 Montgomery 19 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23525		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014915 Pike 19 Nov 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11552		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000038956 Coosa 11 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24637		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014903 Barbour 16 Jan 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4064		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000011490 Henry 14 Nov 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17248		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0031711 Shelby 03 Oct 1992 Kral, Robert
81713		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx
UWAL0032840 Lawrence 20 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5189		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000043208 Geneva 05 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27031		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014904 Bibb 17 Oct 1979 Beckett, Scott W.
378		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
JSU105934 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9370		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0053928 Perry 29 Sep 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8188		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000045748 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
164		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU102808 Talladega 15 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5268		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011478 Coffee 08 Oct 1999 Martin, Brian H.
301		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0036593 Covington 16 Oct 1996 Sorrie, Bruce A.
9100		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000026175 Lee 02 Oct 2008 Berry, Brittanni
4		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0036061 Blount 26 Oct 2014 Anderson, Kelly
746		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx. var. ternarius
TROY000049540 Talladega 19 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3967		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000037833 Escambia 25 Oct 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5327		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000026235 Randolph 06 Oct 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
485		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014914 Lee 20 Jan 1963 Rogers, Ken E.
 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000011477 Butler 15 Dec 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13759		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UNA00054492 Blount 12 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1730		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0046740 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
164		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000043379 Houston 22 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26968		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014912 Lee 29 Sep 1971 Boone, Allison
048		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
UNA00060608 Barbour 08 Dec 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13737		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0054381 Choctaw 31 Oct 2020 Keener, Brian R.
12107		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000026234 Calhoun 19 Oct 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11643		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux var. ternarius
JSU102800 Clay 19 Oct 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
7011		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000043842 Lee 21 Sep 2018 Schotz, Alfred
CSP-533		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx. Var. Ternarius
UWAL0046035 Autauga 13 Oct 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
227		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011475 Barbour 08 Dec 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13737		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0044950 Escambia 25 Oct 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5327		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000048813 Autauga 13 Oct 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
227		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0015098 Montgomery 19 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23525		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000049263 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1355		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0008694 Wilcox 26 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20365		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011491 Monroe 24 Oct 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17147		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000026174 Wilcox 26 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20365		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU102804 Marshall 25 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3153		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011480 Coffee 08 Sep 2002 Walters, Olivia
4		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014913 Lee 11 Oct 1964 Koelling, Alfred C.
2051		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
UNA00064413 Dale 17 Dec 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14923		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011492 Pike 19 Nov 1999 Hall, James A.
75		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0015221 Talladega 19 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3967		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000042387 Crenshaw 31 Dec 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21727		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0002146 DeKalb 27 Sep 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13070		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx. var. ternarius
UNA00056335 Dale 29 Nov 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12467		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000033647 Barbour 08 Oct 2011 Morrison, Derek
145		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014909 Escambia 6 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
715		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000011493 Pike 19 Nov 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11552		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014907 Crenshaw 19 Nov 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
10112		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
JSU102806 Randolph 11 Oct 1984 Smith, P.L.
 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000026173 Henry 07 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20404		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0051232 Lauderdale 05 Oct 1967 Kral, R.
29356		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
AUA000041571 Covington 17 Oct 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5747		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000011482 Conecuh 04 Nov 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12820		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0006225 Covington 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69666		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UNA00059874 Calhoun 19 Oct 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11643		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx. var. ternarius
TROY000049267 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1442		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0010081 Covington 17 Dec 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22769		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011500 Coffee 02 Nov 2000 Martin, Brian H.
1012		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0033232 Houston 22 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26968		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UNA00003399 Chambers _ Oct 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0002762 Crenshaw 31 Dec 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21727		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000036705 Bullock 28 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1317		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000037857 Escambia 24 Oct 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5318		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000011479 Coffee 24 Dec 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12253		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014917 St. Clair 5 Nov 1979 Owsley, C.Michael
603		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
TROY000047971 Lowndes 14 Oct 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28553		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU156396 Calhoun 21 Oct 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1430		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU102802 Etowah 25 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3960		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011483 Coosa 26 Oct 2002 Kral, Robert
93578		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014905 Conecuh 9 Nov 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1867		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
UNA00066270 Henry 14 Nov 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17248		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011476 Butler 10 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18629		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014916 St. Clair 17 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
37929		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
ALNHS00000993 Dallas 07 Nov 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-648		 ALNHS
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0008690 Covington 09 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20432		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
JSU102799 Cherokee 07 Sep 1986 Whetstone, R. David
15633		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011485 Dale 17 Dec 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14923		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014906 Crenshaw 25 Oct 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11501		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
JSU102798 Calhoun 05 Oct 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1372		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0042846 Baldwin 19 Oct 2011 Larsen, Harry S.
1778		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
UWAL0033106 Geneva 05 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27031		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011486 Dale 12 Oct 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
261		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011487 Dale 07 Nov 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
636		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU102805 Marshall 22 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
978		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000044506 DeKalb 27 Sep 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13070		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014911 Lee 11 Apr 1971 Hudson, Mary
185		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
UNA00060588 Butler 15 Dec 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13759		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000026172 Covington 30 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20389		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0008691 Dale 03 Dec 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20475		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011489 Dallas 07 Oct 2000 Bruner, Randy
2		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0013850 Bullock 28 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1317		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU102807 Randolph 07 Sep 1991 Whetstone, R. David
16131		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
TROY000011481 Conecuh 28 Oct 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17180		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
AUA000014908 Escambia 30 Sep 1981 Henderson, T.
681		 AUA
Andropogon Ternarius Michx.
UNA00053579 Greene 13 Nov 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2473		 UNA
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
JSU102797 Baldwin 01 Sep 1997 Brodeur, Kristin R.
64		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
JSU102801 Cleburne 26 Oct 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
553		 JSU
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
UWAL0019179 Tallapoosa 13 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86861		 UWAL
Andropogon ternarius Michx.
TROY000011488 Dale 14 Nov 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
651		 TROY
Andropogon ternarius Michaux
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