Gulf Bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum)
Description
Gulf bluestem is a native, warm-season, perennial grass that spreads by seed and short rhizomes. Plants are rhizomatous and colonial, stems usually decumbent, glaucous, reddish, and flattened at the base, terminal inflorescences with stalked spikelets. Found native to coastal and offshore islands of the Florida panhandle west to Louisiana.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Schizachyrium
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