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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Andropogon gerardii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon gerardii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-87-002:
Andropogon gerardii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon gerardii
COMMON NAME:
Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ange_006_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ange_009_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0506h_28
June Oconee County SC
Plant bluish-green, tufted, erect, often glaucous. Lf blades ~ 0.2-0.4" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm160717_348
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Grass flowers usually w 2 lodicules, 3 stamens, ovary w 2 feathery stigmas, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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JK Marlow jkm160717_350
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
The once-endless tallgrass prairie with majestic big bluestem is past, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm0408k_26b
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0408k_36
August Oconee County SC
Isolated stands exist today mainly along railroads, fencerows and roadsides, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_andropogon_gerardii_3
August
Racemes on long-exserted terminal peduncle mostly 3-6, fewer on branches, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow s050917_c
September Cabarrus County NC
Suther Prairie
Flowering raceme has 3 branches arising from a common point (the Turkeyfoot), per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow s050917_d
September Cabarrus County NC
Suther Prairie
Bristles (awns) that project from the flowers are sharply bent, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm111029_122
October Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0311a_23
November Pickens County SC
Roadside
Purplish seedhead a narrow cluster of linear raceme resembling a turkeyfoot, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.