POACEAE

Schizachyrium scoparium

Common Name:  Little Bluestem

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Schizachyrium scoparium fallcolor.jpg (142084 bytes) Schizachyrium scoparium fruits3.jpg (47756 bytes)
habit (bunchgrass) and winter color--a nice amber old inflorescences with fruits (caryopses)
Schizachyrium scoparium fruits2.jpg (20595 bytes)
another old inflorescence habit in late summer--this field is almost solid little bluestem.  These plants have just begun to flower.

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Want to see more pictures of this species?  The following websites have some good pictures of little bluestem too:

http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/grasshtml/LittleBluestem.html

http://160.94.78.21/flora/pictures/schizachyrium-scoparium.html

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairiephotos/Andrscop-fruits.jpg (ignore the "Andropogon scoparius" in the picture--this is an older name for this species)

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