Common Name: little bluestem, broombeard grass
Scientific Name: Andropogon scoparius Michx.
Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - native perennial, reproducing by seed

culms - upright, stiff, form dense clumps growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3, growth habit 4, growth habit 5

leaves - blades flat, green to blueish-green, folded in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous with minute hairs; sheaths smooth or slightly hairy

seedheads - long, hairy-stalked, solitary, axillary or terminal racemes

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