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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

Big Bluestem

Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), also known as Turkeyfoot, is the dominant tallgrass of the North American prairie. It forms tall, upright clumps of blue-green stems that turn rich copper-red in fall, with distinctive three-parted (turkey foot) seed heads.

Taxonomic Details

Family:	Poaceae (poh-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Andropogon (an-dro-POH-gon)
Species:	gerardii (jer-AR-dee-eye)
Synonyms:	Andropogon gerardi, Andropogon gerardii var. chrysocomus

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