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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Bluestems
  8. Gulf Bluestem

species 95 observations

Gulf Bluestem

Schizachyrium maritimum

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

5 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Common Wood-Nymph, Delaware Skipper 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Savannah Sparrow, Hispid Cotton Rat, Oldfield Mouse 3

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

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