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Little Bluestem

LATIN NAME
Schizachyrium scoparium

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • One the highly desired “big four” tall grasses
  • Important grass of the “True Prairie.”
  • Has a unique blue-green color in the spring and summer, and then turns a reddish-brown during the dormant season.
  • Seeds have a feathery appearance.
  • Is important to ground-nesting birds for nesting cover.
  • Adapted to a large variety of soils on prairies and savannas.
  • Grazed by all kinds of livestock; it decreases with heavy grazing.

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