Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Close

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.
Andropogon cumulicola E.L. Bridges & Orzell
Scrub bluestem

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Listed as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002, pp 117-118) as Andropogon arctatus, based on one 1963 collection from Charlotte County and one 1967 collection from Collier County. Described as a new species endemic to peninsular Florida by Edwin Bridges and Steve Orzell in 2018. Rediscovered in 2020 by Jay Horn in Charlotte and Lee counties. This was reranked as critically imperileld based on modern NatureServe critiera in 2022.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Synonyms: Andropogon arctatus, misapplied.

Other data on Andropogon cumulicola available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Andropogon cumulicola has been found in the following 3 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Amberjack Environmental Park Present Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park Present Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve Present Native

Andropogon cumulicola has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Lee County Native

Andropogon cumulicola has been found in the following habitat :
Scrubby Flatwoods