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Andropogon gerardii


Taxonomy

Family:

Poaceae (grass)

 

No Rank:

PACMAD clade

 

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

 

Tribe:

Andropogoneae


Nativity

Native

Status

 

Habitat

Dry to moderate moisture. Prairies. Full sun.

Flowering

August to October

Height

5 to 8


Identification

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Range Range Map   Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.
 
Sightings

Afton State Park

Agassiz Dunes SNA

Blanket Flower Prairie SNA

Blue Mounds State Park

Bonanza Prairie SNA

Butterwort Cliffs SNA

Chippewa Prairie

Clinton Prairie SNA

Cottonwood River Prairie SNA

Crow Wing State Park

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

Des Moines River Prairie SNA

Elm Creek Park Reserve

Felton Prairie SNA
Shrike Unit

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

Hayes Lake State Park

Hythecker Prairie SNA

Kasota Prairie SNA

Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA
Kellogg-Weaver Unit
Weaver Dunes Unit

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

Lake Bemidji State Park

Lake Bronson State Park

Lost Valley Prairie SNA

Louisville Swamp

Mound Spring Prairie SNA

Myre-Big Island State Park

Old Mill State Park

Ordway Prairie

Oronoco Prairie SNA

Osmundson Prairie SNA

Ottawa Bluffs

Ottertail Prairie SNA

Pankratz Memorial Prairie
North Unit

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA
Pembina Trail Unit

Regal Meadow

Rice Lake Savanna SNA

River Bend Nature Center

River Terrace Prairie SNA

Rock Ridge Prairie SNA

Roscoe Prairie SNA

Schaefer Prairie

Shooting Star Prairie SNA

Staffanson Prairie

Strandness Prairie

Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA

Wahpeton Prairie WMA

Western Prairie SNA

Wild Indigo Prairie SNA

Wild River State Park

Yellow Bank Hills SNA

Zimmerman Prairie


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Synonyms

Andropogon chrysocomus

Andropogon furcatus

Andropogon furcatus var. villosa

Andropogon gerardi

Andropogon gerardii var. chrysocomus

Andropogon hallii var. grandiflorus

Andropogon provincialis

Andropogon provincialis subvar. furcatus

Andropogon provincialis subvar. lindheimeri

Andropogon provincialis subvar. pycnanthus

Andropogon provincialis var. tennesseensis

Andropogon tennesseensis

Leptopogon furcatus

 
Common
Names

big bluestem

bluejoint

bluejoint beardgrass

turkeyfoot


 

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