(Andropogon gerardi)
Conservation • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Biology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
Description |
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Height |
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5′ to 8′ |
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Habitat |
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Dry to moderate moisture. Prairies. Full sun. |
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Biology |
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Flowering |
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August to October |
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Native |
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Taxonomy |
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Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
Class | Liliopsida (monocots) | ||
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Poales (grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies) | ||
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Poaceae (grasses) | ||
No Rank | PACMAD clade | ||
Subfamily | Panicoideae (bristlegrasses, bluestems, paspalums, and allies) | ||
Tribe | Andropogoneae (bluestems, lemon grasses, silvergrasses, and allies) | ||
Subtribe | Andropogoninae (bluestems, thatching grasses, and allies) | ||
Genus |
Andropogon (bluestems) | ||
Some sources, including ITIS, USDA PLANTS, and Flora of North America, use the species epithet gerardii. This is the corrected latinized spelling of the given name Gerard or Gérard. However, gerardi is a well-established form of that name, and spelling corrections are not allowed under rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. |
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Andropogon chrysocomus Andropogon furcatus Andropogon furcatus var. villosa Andropogon gerardi var. chrysocomus Andropogon gerardii 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 |
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Common Names |
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big bluestem bluejoint bluejoint beardgrass turkeyfoot |
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Robert Briggs |
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Big Bluestem seed head, Whitetail Woods park. |
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Big Bluestem mp4 Karl Foord |
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About
Published on Oct 12, 2013 No description available. |
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Minnesota Native Plant - Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) MNNativePlants |
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About
Published on Sep 5, 2013 This video shows one of the taller Minnesota native grasses, the Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi). |
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Identifying Big Bluestem Karl Foord |
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Published on Oct 12, 2013 No description available. |
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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) PrairieMoonNursery |
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About
Uploaded on Aug 24, 2011 http://www.prairiemoon.com Big Bluestem is sometimes called Turkey's foot. It is a staple of the Tallgrass Prairie. |
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Robert Briggs 11/5/2016 |
Location: Whitetail Woods Regional Park Big Bluestem seed head |
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