Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluestem
The king of native grasses with three fingered seed heads in August, and handsome gray to blue-green stems in spring turning to green in summer then to red in fall.
Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee' (Big bluestem, turkeyfoot)
Photo/Illustration: Scott Vogt
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#774 Andropogon gerardii
Common Names: big bluestem, turkey foot bluestem
Family: Poaceae/Gramineae (grass Family)
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Common Name: Big Bluestem
Latin Name: Andropogon gerardii
Habitat: Dunes, dry prairies, jack pine/oak forests ...
Andropogon gerardii, Aster ericoides, Aster laevis, Comandra umbellata, Dodecatheon meadia, Euphorbia corollata, Helianthus rigidus, Heuchera richardsonii, Hypoxis hirsuta, Lespedeza capitata, Lithospermum canescens, Parthenium integrifolium, ...
Andropogon gerardii
4-7 ft.
Big Bluestem forms large clumps of stiff silvery green to blue foliage, turning to a copper color in fall ...
Andropogon gerardii, Big Blue Stem
Carex spp, Sedges
adusta, Lesser Brown Sedge
aurea, Golden Sedge
brevior, Fescue Sedge
brunnescens, Brown Sedge
canescens, Silvery Sedge
crawfordii, Crawford's Sedge
crinita, Fringed Sedge ...
Andropogon gerardii ( Turkeyfoot Grass )
Andropogon glomeratus ( Bushy Beard Grass )
Andropogon gyrans ( Elliott's Beard Grass ) ...
Turkeyfoot (Andropogon gerardii)
Goofy yet historic-classic prairie grass.
NextDeer grass (Muhlen bergia rigens) ...
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii): This very tall native grass grows from 3 to 8 feet tall in a narrow clump. The leaves are blue-green in summer, turning rust in fall.
Big Bluestem [English]: Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluestem [English]: Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee'
Big Bluestem [English]: Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii
Big Bluestem [English]: Andropogon gerardi ...
The dominant grass species include big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). These three grasses each develop strikingly beautiful fall colors.
some suitable native alternatives for Sericea lespedeza include butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa), joe-pye weed (Eupatorium dubium), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), big blue stem (Andropogon gerardii), or Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans).
 See also: Grass, Green, Bluestem, Big bluestem, Grasses
  
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