Andropogon GR AMINE AE Andropogon 



Andropogon L. Beard Grass. 

 A. scoparius Mx. 



Common in dry ground, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Early 

 Aug. to Oct. 



Fernald, in Rhodora 37, 143-146, 1935, has described seven 

 varieties of this species, several of which are probably present in 

 our area. 



Var. divergens Hackel. 



One collection: south of Townsend (No), Fernald, Long and 

 Fogg, 5178, 5179, 14 Oct. 1935 (P, G). 



A. littoralis Nash. {A. scoparius var. littoralis (Nash) Hitchc.) 

 Coastal sands; infrequent. Sept., Oct. 



A. Gerardi Vitman. {A. furcatus Muhl. A. provincialis Lam. 

 See Rhodora 45, 255-258. 1943.) 

 Infrequent; dry sandy soil of New Castle County. Mid- Aug. 

 through Sept. 



A. ternarius Mx. {A. argyraeus Schult.) 



In dry, sandy soil; infrequent in southern New Castle and Kent 

 (Del.) Counties; frequent from Sussex County to Cape Charles. 

 Sept. to mid-Oct. 



A. virginicus L. (For varieties see Fernald: Rhodora 37, 139-143. 

 1935.) 

 Common in dry ground; fields and roadsides, throughout. 

 Mid- Aug. to mid-Oct. 



Var. hirsutior (Hackel) Hitchc, f. tenuisphatheus (Nash) Fern. 

 In our area known only from southern Northampton County: 

 pine woods south of Townsend, Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5180, 

 5181; R. R. Tatnall, 3214, 18 Oct. 1936 (T, P, A). 



Var, abbreviatus (Hack.) Fernald. {A. glomeratus (Walt.) 

 BSP.) 

 Pond margins, savannas and wet woods; frequent. Sept., 

 early Oct. 



A. EUiottii Chapm. 



Frequent in pine woods and dry open ground. Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain. Sept., Oct. 



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