* What it is: A tough and versatile native ornamental prairie grass with slender green blades that turn orange-red in fall. Plants produce purplish seed heads in late summer that become a "puffy" ...

Released in 2016, this selected class germplasm of little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. scoparium [Poaceae]) provides an adapted source of little bluestem for restoration of ...

Think big: There's nothing "little" about this ornamental grass – in two ways: First, it can grow several feet tall. And second, it was once one of the dominant grasses of North America’s prairies, so ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Little bluestem is a native grass chosen as the 2022 ...

During late summer I attended a Master Gardener presentation in Center Point. I heard in person real examples of small-scale prairie flower and grass plantings that I could mimic. As one person, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Variation in laboratory test results on native warm season grasses is a current issue in the seed industry. To determine if these concerns ...