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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), Little Bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash], and Indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash]

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Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash), and Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash) are important warm-season, perennial grasses native to North America (Weaver 1954). They are widely distributed throughout the eastern two thirds of the United States, and are major species of the tall-grass region of the central United States. Tall-grass prairie once occupied about 3% of the North American continent but now is found in only isolated remnants (Knapp and Seastedt 1986), since the most productive areas have been converted to cropland (Voigt and MacLauchlan 1985)

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Chen, C.H., Boe, A.A. (1988). Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), Little Bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash], and Indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash]. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Crops II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73520-2_23

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