It is also considered native to the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

[6] This grass is very drought tolerant, can survive infertile soils, and is adaptable to sites where grading and construction is heavy.

[4] Andropogon virginicus has been used as the straw base for the production of handmade brooms in the southeastern United States.

[8] This broomsedge bunchgrass is typically low in nutrients, so it is generally not browsed by deer or livestock, unless new growth is present.

In Queensland, Australia, Andropogon virginicus is ranked among the top 200 most invasive plant species in that region.

Where it is invasive, it can be very common and dominates roadsides, and can also form continuous cover in boggy, mesic, and dry habitats in the USA.

The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus named this species virginicus derived from the Latin meaning "from Virginia".

These species, both have flower spikelets arranged in drooping triangular shaped clusters, and large twisted awns.

The time of the year also affects how Andropogon virginicus reacts and how quickly it is able to regain its growth and maturity.

It competes with other species by allelopathy, releasing persistent herbicidal chemicals from its dying tissues, such as decaying leaves.

[14] It is problematic in Hawaii, it is dormant during the Hawaiian rainy season, dying back and leaving the slopes it has colonized exposed and vulnerable to significant erosion.

[22] Andropogon virginicus is a perennial grass forming narrow clumps of stems up to just over a meter in maximum height (around 3 feet 3 inches).