Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium, is
a common old field species in the Catskills. Green to bluish
green in the summer, it turns a beautiful golden-brown color in
the fall
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
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Updated March 2007
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Species
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Common Name
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Catskill Native?
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Distribution
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Available?
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Big Bluestem
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Andropogon gerardii ‘Pawnee’
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Big Bluestem
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Cultivar
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-
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Limited
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Andropogon x ‘Silver Sunrise’
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Bluestem Grass
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No
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Plains?
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Yes
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Andropogon glomeratus
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Bushy Beard Grass
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No
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East Coast
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Yes
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Andropogon ternarius
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Split Beard Bluestem
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No
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Eastern North America
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No
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Andropogon virginicus
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Broom Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Boutelou curtipendula
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Sideoats Grama
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No
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Plains & Prairies
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Yes
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Boutelou curtipendula ‘Trailway’
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Sideoats Grama
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Cultivar
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-
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No
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Boutelou gracilis
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Blue Grama
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No
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Plains & Prairies
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Yes
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Bromus purgans
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Hairy Wood Chess
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Yes
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-
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No
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Carex appalachica
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Appalachian Sedge
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No
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Appalachians & Northeast
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June
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Carex bicknellii
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Prairie Sedge
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No
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Midwest & Northeast
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June
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Carex emoryi
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Riverbank Tussock Sedge
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No
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Eastern & Central No. Ame.
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Yes
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Carex flaccosperma
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Blue Wood Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Limited
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Carex grayi
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Gray's Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Limited
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Carex muskingumensis
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Palm Sedge
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No
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Northern Midwest
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Stock
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Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge’
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Palm Sedge
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Cultivar
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-
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Limited
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Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’
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Palm Sedge
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Carex pensylvanica
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Pennsylvania Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Carex plantaginea
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Plantain-leafed Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Carex platyphylla
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Silver Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Limited
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Carex rosea
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Rosy Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Limited
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Carex sprengelii
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Long-beaked Sedge
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No
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Northen North America
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June
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Carex stricta
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Tussock Sedge
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Carex vulpinoides
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Fox Sedge
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Yes
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-
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No
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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River Oats
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No
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Southern North America
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Yes
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Cinna arundinacea
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Sweet Woodreed
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Yes
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-
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Limited
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Diarrhena americana
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Beak Grass
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No
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Midwest
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Limited
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Elymus riparius
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Riverbank Wild Rye
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Yes
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-
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Catskill
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Eragrostis spectabilis
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Purple Love Grass
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Yes
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-
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No
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Eragrostis trichodes
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Sand Love Grass
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No
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Plains & Prairies
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Yes
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Hierochloe odorata
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Sweet Grass
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No
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Midwest
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June
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Juncus effusus
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Soft Rush
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Juncus tenuis
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Slender or Path Rush
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Luzula acuminata
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Little Woodrush
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Yes
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-
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June
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Luzula multiflora
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Common Woodrush
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Yes
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-
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No
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Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’
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Switch Grass
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Cultivar
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Panicum virgatum
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Yes
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Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’
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Switch Grass
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Cultivar
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is native to the
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Yes
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Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’
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Switch Grass
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Cultivar
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Catskills
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Yes
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Panicum virgatum ‘Rostrahlbusch’
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Switch Grass
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Cultivar
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-
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No
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Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
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Switch Grass
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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Little Bluestem
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Yes
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-
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Catskill
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Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’
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Little Bluestem
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Sorghastrum nutans
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Indian Grass
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No
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East & Midwest
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Yes
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Sorghastrum nutans ‘Indian Steel’
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Indian Grass
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Spartina pectinata ‘Aureo-marginata’
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Variegated Prairie Cordgrass
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No
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Yes
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Sporobolus compositus
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Tall Dropseed
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Yes
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-
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Yes
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Sporobolus heterolepis
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Prairie Dropseed
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No
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Plains & Prairies
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Yes
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