Minnesota Seasons - big bluestem


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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			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