Bluestem grass
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Bluestem can refer to various grasses:
  • Little bluestem
    Little bluestem
    Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a North American prairie grass. Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass and is prominent in tallgrass prairie, along with big bluestem , indiangrass and switchgrass...

     (Schizachyrium scoparium)
  • Big bluestem
    Big Bluestem
    Andropogon gerardii, known also as Big bluestem, Turkey foot, Prairie tallgrass, or simply Tallgrass, is a tall grass native to much of the Great Plains and Prairie regions of central North America- Description :...

     (Andropogon gerardii) and other species of the genus Andropogon
    Andropogon
    Andropogon is a genus of grasses. Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem, is the official state grass of Illinois.Broomsedge is found along the eastern United States...

  • Cane bluestem and Caucasian bluestem of the Bothriochloa
    Bothriochloa
    Bothriochloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family. There are about 70 species found in tropical to warm temperate areas worldwide. They are often called beardgrass or bluestem.Species include:* Bothriochloa alta – tall beardgrass...

    genus
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