Andropogon scoparius

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
Culms of Little Bluestem
Culms of Little Bluestem
Culms of Little Bluestem
Culms of Little Bluestem
Culms of Little Bluestem
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