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Schizachyrium microstachyum

(Desv.) Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. (1968)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Schizachyrium

beardgrass

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bol. Fac. Agron. Univ. Montevideo 103: 35 (1968)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1590 (H [as S. condensatum]); Lorence et al. 1995:47 (K); Herbst & Clayton 1998:18 (remove K [re-IDed as Andropogon bicornis]); Herbst et al. 2004:10 (O); Snow & Lau 2010:48 (remove O [re-IDed as A. tenuispatheus]); Frohlich & Lau 2012:45 (K); Lau & Frohlich 2013:10 (O); Faccenda 2023c:135, 138 (EM, KEY, S. condensatum misapplied = S. microstachyum); Faccenda, Yorkston & Morden 2024:38 (sequenced, but no comparative GenBank spms.)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Colonizing area along dry rivulet banks. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33390 Hawaii BISH 1973-04-10
2 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Edge of occasionally mowed LZ in disturbed former lowland dry shrub/grassland. Syzygium cumini, Schinus terebinthifolius, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum ellipticum, Megathyrsus maximus, Andropogon bicornis, Chrysopogon aciculatus, Paspalum notatum, Stachytarpheta sp., Plantago lance... Preserved_Specimen A patch of short, stiffly erect plants, most all around 1 m tall, growing in open area adjacent to and around periphery of mowed LZ area. Leaves and culms reddish, inflorescence held well above leaves, tightly congested, with awns on florets A.M. Williams 863 Kauai BISH 2024-04-03
3 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Sadleria-Dicanopteris forest community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 2 ft tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 391 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-12
4 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common, in dry, open roadside. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 264 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
5 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Roadside through mixed mesic native/non-native forest. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall caespitose grass. Blades flat green, or purplish. Culms very upright. Inflorescence broom type. Beachy, J. 268 Oahu BISH 2012-02-27
6 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sunny, moist, edge of trail. Preserved_Specimen Single clump. Faccenda, K. 2226 Oahu BISH 2022-02-05
7 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Abundant generally on ash-covered lava flow. Preserved_Specimen Erect, culms in small groups. Fosberg, F.R. 42065 Hawaii BISH 1961-09-07
8 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Naturalized in bulldozed rainforest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33391 Hawaii BISH 1973-04-10
9 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open area. Preserved_Specimen Ca. 1-2 m tall. Herat, T. 763 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
10 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dominant grass on upland & upper slopes. Grassland. Preserved_Specimen To 1 m ht. Iltis, H.H. 132 Hawaii BISH 1967-06-22
11 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Roadside, in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Common in this area Faccenda, K. 2457 Kauai BISH 2022-06-02
12 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dangerous, naturalized weed in open scrub. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30867 Hawaii BISH 1966-10-13
13 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Sadleria-Dicanopteris forest community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 2 ft tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 392 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-12
14 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in cracks in open sunny location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 757 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
15 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details This grass is a common component of the roadside vegetation and grows in areas that are exposed to direct sunlight. The soil is aa with little organic matter. Preserved_Specimen Yoshida, L. 79.049 Hawaii BISH 1979-02-28
16 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Extremely sparse desert community of shifting sand dunes. Plant in area with old pahoehoe lava covered by shifting black ash. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 6 tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 747 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
17 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry habitat. Preserved_Specimen To 3 ft ht. Henrickson, J.S. 4081 Hawaii BISH 1969-08-07
18 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In lower pasture of ranch bordering HVNP. Open, disturbed Metrosideros forest with few Acacia koa; Shrubs Dodonaea and Styphelia. Preserved_Specimen Occasional 5 ft tall grass. Davis, J. 401 Hawaii BISH 1980-10-16
19 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open area. Preserved_Specimen Ca 1.5 m ht. Herat, T. 665 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-20
20 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic Lowland secondary vegetation, on slope near property. Preserved_Specimen Clump forming grass to about 1.5 m, sending up many upright culms. Inflorescences bushy topped, most plants with spent inflorescences. OED 2010021701 Kauai BISH 2010-02-17
21 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occasional roadside weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 4061 Hawaii BISH 1974-08-12
22 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Disturbed lowland windward Forest W/ Schinus, Bidens, Pepperomia, Nephrolepis, Spehnomeris chinensis, Psidium cattleianum, Blechnum, Cordyline, Alyxia, Schizachyrium condensatum, Dicranopteris, Metrosideros, Lantana, Urochloa maxima. Preserved_Specimen Grass dominant on ridge. Upright in clumps, Old leaves tan persistent. Leaves clasping and red, green above. New leaves bright green. Inflo and roots tan. Tangalin, N. 3204 Kauai BISH 2012-06-29
23 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen The predominant grass in the savannah around the rainshelter, forming stands up to 1.5 m high. Hoe, W.J. 1091 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-03
24 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dangerous, naturalized weed in open scrub. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30867 Hawaii BISH 1966-10-13
25 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass to 1m. Annable, C.R. 3758 Hawaii BISH 1998-01-18
26 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 35273 Hawaii BISH 1981-05-15
27 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Sadleria-Dicanopteris forest community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 2 ft tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 393 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-12
28 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist, sunny roadside Preserved_Specimen New island record of the notorious weed which first appeared in Volcano. Only seen along a 20 m long section of road where there were probably between 300-500 plants. Most plants were flowering Faccenda, K. 2837 Maui BISH 2022-10-30
29 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A common component of the roadside vegetation and grows in the areas that are exposed to direct sunlight. The soil is `a`a with little organic material. Preserved_Specimen Common grass. Yoshida, L. 79.049 Hawaii BISH 1979-02-28
30 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing along side of road on way in to Matsuura Property, near homes. Preserved_Specimen Clumping coarse grass, broom-like inflorescence. Crago, L.M. 2005124 Hawaii BISH 2005-03-20
31 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 757 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
32 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 147 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
33 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 665 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-20
34 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Andropogon glomeratus grassland community on ash-covered pahoehoe lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1 ft ht. Newell, C.L. 277 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-03
35 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occasional for about 3 miles along the Highway. Also observed along the western part of the Lower Hamakua Ditch. Preserved_Specimen Grass 2-3 ft. tall. Conspicuous because of it's erect, stiff habit and reddish-brown color. Herbst, D.R. 9795 Hawaii BISH 1996-08-02
36 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occ[asional] in dry pasture Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. Hawaii BISH 1961-04-29
37 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Colonizing area along dry rivulet banks. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33390 Hawaii BISH 1973-04-10
38 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Edge of occasionally mowed LZ in disturbed former lowland dry shrub/grassland. Syzygium cumini, Schinus terebinthifolius, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum ellipticum, Megathyrsus maximus, Andropogon bicornis, Chrysopogon aciculatus, Paspalum notatum, Stachytarpheta sp., Plantago lance... Preserved_Specimen A patch of short, stiffly erect plants, most all around 1 m tall, growing in open area adjacent to and around periphery of mowed LZ area. Leaves and culms reddish, inflorescence held well above leaves, tightly congested, with awns on florets A.M. Williams 863 Kauai BISH 2024-04-03
39 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Sadleria-Dicanopteris forest community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 2 ft tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 391 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-12
40 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common, in dry, open roadside. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 264 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
41 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Roadside through mixed mesic native/non-native forest. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall caespitose grass. Blades flat green, or purplish. Culms very upright. Inflorescence broom type. Beachy, J. 268 Oahu BISH 2012-02-27
42 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sunny, moist, edge of trail. Preserved_Specimen Single clump. Faccenda, K. 2226 Oahu BISH 2022-02-05
43 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Abundant generally on ash-covered lava flow. Preserved_Specimen Erect, culms in small groups. Fosberg, F.R. 42065 Hawaii BISH 1961-09-07
44 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Naturalized in bulldozed rainforest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33391 Hawaii BISH 1973-04-10
45 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open area. Preserved_Specimen Ca. 1-2 m tall. Herat, T. 763 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
46 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dominant grass on upland & upper slopes. Grassland. Preserved_Specimen To 1 m ht. Iltis, H.H. 132 Hawaii BISH 1967-06-22
47 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Roadside, in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Common in this area Faccenda, K. 2457 Kauai BISH 2022-06-02
48 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dangerous, naturalized weed in open scrub. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30867 Hawaii BISH 1966-10-13
49 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Sadleria-Dicanopteris forest community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 2 ft tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 392 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-12
50 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in cracks in open sunny location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 757 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
51 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details This grass is a common component of the roadside vegetation and grows in areas that are exposed to direct sunlight. The soil is aa with little organic matter. Preserved_Specimen Yoshida, L. 79.049 Hawaii BISH 1979-02-28
52 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Extremely sparse desert community of shifting sand dunes. Plant in area with old pahoehoe lava covered by shifting black ash. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 6 tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 747 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
53 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry habitat. Preserved_Specimen To 3 ft ht. Henrickson, J.S. 4081 Hawaii BISH 1969-08-07
54 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In lower pasture of ranch bordering HVNP. Open, disturbed Metrosideros forest with few Acacia koa; Shrubs Dodonaea and Styphelia. Preserved_Specimen Occasional 5 ft tall grass. Davis, J. 401 Hawaii BISH 1980-10-16
55 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open area. Preserved_Specimen Ca 1.5 m ht. Herat, T. 665 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-20
56 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic Lowland secondary vegetation, on slope near property. Preserved_Specimen Clump forming grass to about 1.5 m, sending up many upright culms. Inflorescences bushy topped, most plants with spent inflorescences. OED 2010021701 Kauai BISH 2010-02-17
57 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occasional roadside weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 4061 Hawaii BISH 1974-08-12
58 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Disturbed lowland windward Forest W/ Schinus, Bidens, Pepperomia, Nephrolepis, Spehnomeris chinensis, Psidium cattleianum, Blechnum, Cordyline, Alyxia, Schizachyrium condensatum, Dicranopteris, Metrosideros, Lantana, Urochloa maxima. Preserved_Specimen Grass dominant on ridge. Upright in clumps, Old leaves tan persistent. Leaves clasping and red, green above. New leaves bright green. Inflo and roots tan. Tangalin, N. 3204 Kauai BISH 2012-06-29
59 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen The predominant grass in the savannah around the rainshelter, forming stands up to 1.5 m high. Hoe, W.J. 1091 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-03
60 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dangerous, naturalized weed in open scrub. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30867 Hawaii BISH 1966-10-13
61 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass to 1m. Annable, C.R. 3758 Hawaii BISH 1998-01-18
62 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 35273 Hawaii BISH 1981-05-15
63 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Sadleria-Dicanopteris forest community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 2 ft tall. Sterile. Newell, C.L. 393 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-12
64 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist, sunny roadside Preserved_Specimen New island record of the notorious weed which first appeared in Volcano. Only seen along a 20 m long section of road where there were probably between 300-500 plants. Most plants were flowering Faccenda, K. 2837 Maui BISH 2022-10-30
65 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A common component of the roadside vegetation and grows in the areas that are exposed to direct sunlight. The soil is `a`a with little organic material. Preserved_Specimen Common grass. Yoshida, L. 79.049 Hawaii BISH 1979-02-28
66 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing along side of road on way in to Matsuura Property, near homes. Preserved_Specimen Clumping coarse grass, broom-like inflorescence. Crago, L.M. 2005124 Hawaii BISH 2005-03-20
67 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 757 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
68 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 147 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
69 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 665 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-20
70 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Andropogon glomeratus grassland community on ash-covered pahoehoe lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1 ft ht. Newell, C.L. 277 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-03
71 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occasional for about 3 miles along the Highway. Also observed along the western part of the Lower Hamakua Ditch. Preserved_Specimen Grass 2-3 ft. tall. Conspicuous because of it's erect, stiff habit and reddish-brown color. Herbst, D.R. 9795 Hawaii BISH 1996-08-02
72 Schizachyrium microstachyum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occ[asional] in dry pasture Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. Hawaii BISH 1961-04-29
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