Taxon: Andropogon hallii Hack.

 
Genus: Andropogon
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Nomen number: 3225
Place of publication: Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 89:127. 1884
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Typification:
Name Verified on: 31-ene-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 24-feb-2005
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

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Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control (fide Grass BCIP)
  • Environmental: revegetator (fide Grass VarUSA)
  • Animal food: fodder (fide Grass VarUSA)
  • Animal food: forage (fide Grass VarUSA)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Manitoba (s.w.), Saskatchewan (s.w.)]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa (s.e. & w.-c.), Kansas (w. & c.), Minnesota (s.e.), Missouri (e.-c. & w.), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (w. & c.), South Dakota (w.)]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (e.), Montana (s.e. & s.-c.), Wyoming (e.)]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah (s.)]
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua]


    Cultivated

    Northern America
    • United States (c.)


References:

  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 (Grass VarUSA)
  2. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960 (Grass BCIP)
  3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991 (Glea Cron ed2)
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)

Check other web resources for Andropogon hallii Hack. :

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=3225. Accessed 9 junio 2026.