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Andropogon gerardii

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Internal ID UUID64402e62ded49754357311
Scientific name Andropogon gerardii
Authority Vitman
First published in Summa Pl. 6: 16 (1792)

Description Top

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Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) is a species of tall grass native to much of the Great Plains and grassland regions of central and eastern North America. It was formally named in 1792 by Fulgenzio Vitman and is also known as tall bluestem, bluejoint, and turkeyfoot. It is a perennial warm-season bunchgrass, tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, and grows to a height of 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft). It blooms in the summer and seeds into the fall, with a raceme of two to six, most commonly three, narrow spike-like racemes. Big bluestem is a midsuccessional grass in prairie and other grassland ecosystems and is a host to larvae of several species of butterflies. It is good forage for horses and cattle and can be cut and used for hay. It is also cultivated for its drought tolerance and native status and is being considered as a potential feedstock for ethanol production. It is the state grass of Illinois and Missouri and the official prairie grass of Manitoba.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Andropogon chrysocomus Nash Man. Fl. N. States : 70 (1901)
Andropogon furcatus Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 919 (1806)
Andropogon gerardii var. chrysocomus (Nash) Fernald Rhodora 45: 258 (1943)
Andropogon hallii var. grandiflorus Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 5: 21 (1897)
Andropogon provincialis Lam. Encycl. 1: 376 (1785)
Andropogon provincialis var. chrysocomus Fernald & Griscom Rhodora 37: 147 (1935)
Andropogon provincialis var. tennesseensis Scribn. Bull. Tennessee Agric. Exp. Sta. 7: 23 (1894)
Andropogon tennesseensis Scribn. Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 16: 1 (1899)
Leptopogon furcatus (Muehl. ex Willd.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 196 (1960)
Sorghum provinciale Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] as Sorgum
Andropogon provincialis subvar. furcatus Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 442 (1889)
Andropogon provincialis subvar. lindheimeri Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 443 (1889)
Andropogon provincialis subvar. pycnanthus Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 443 (1889)
Andropogon gerardi var. chrysocomus (Nash) Fernald Rhodora 45: 258 (1943)

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Language Common/alternative name
English beard grass
English turkeyfoot
English turkey foot
English tall bluestem
English big bluestem grass
English bluejoint
English big bluestem
Arabic سفون جيرارد
Arabic لحية الرجل (نبات)
Arabic لحية الرجل
Arabic أندروبوغون جيراردي
Finnish isovarrasheinä
French barbon à épis digités
French barbon de gérard
French barbon fourchu
Japanese ビッグブルーステム
Russian Бородач Жерара
Chinese 大须芒草
Chinese 大須芒草

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Name Authority First published in
Andropogon gerardii var. hondurensis R.W.Pohl Novon 2: 108 (1992)

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Montana
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000846629
UNII 43XE5P51BT
Florida Plant Atlas 668
Flora of Alabama 4649
Canadensys 7401
USDA Plants ANGE
Tropicos 25511644
INPN 621297
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30435428-2
The Plant List kew-392462
Missouri Botanical Garden 285262
Open Tree Of Life 761207
Observations.org 126198
NCBI Taxonomy 79824
NCBI Taxonomy 2491207
Nature Serve 2.133783
IPNI 30435428-2
IPNI 387920-1
iNaturalist 121968
GBIF 2706099
Freebase /m/05vshr
WisFlora 2526
FEIS plants/graminoid/andger
EPPO ANOGE
EOL 1114204
Elurikkus 210396
USDA GRIN 3215
Wikipedia Andropogon_gerardi
PFAF Andropogon gerardii

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Global Analysis of the WOX Transcription Factor Family in Akebia trifoliata Chen S, Yang H, Zhang Y, Chen C, Ren T, Tan F, Luo P Curr Issues Mol Biol 19-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10814775
doi:10.3390/cimb46010002
PMID:38275662
Long‐term subtropical grassland plots take a long time to change: Replacement is more important than richness differences for beta diversity Ward D, Kirkman K, Morris C Ecol Evol 14-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10266706
doi:10.1002/ece3.10195
PMID:37325718
Contrasting geochemical and fungal controls on decomposition of lignin and soil carbon at continental scale Huang W, Yu W, Yi B, Raman E, Yang J, Hammel KE, Timokhin VI, Lu C, Howe A, Weintraub-Leff SR, Hall SJ Nat Commun 19-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10115774
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37862-6
PMID:37076534
A happy accident: a novel turfgrass reference genome Phillips AR, Seetharam AS, Albert PS, AuBuchon-Elder T, Birchler JA, Buckler ES, Gillespie LJ, Hufford MB, Llaca V, Romay MC, Soreng RJ, Kellogg EA, Ross-Ibarra J G3 (Bethesda) 01-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10234399
doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkad073
PMID:37002915
Meta-analytic evidence that allelopathy may increase the success and impact of invasive grasses Singh M, Daehler CC PeerJ 21-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9951799
doi:10.7717/peerj.14858
PMID:36846446
Effects of Biofuel Crop Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Cultivation on Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Review Bai J, Luo L, Li A, Lai X, Zhang X, Yu Y, Wang H, Wu N, Zhang L Life (Basel) 14-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9781985
doi:10.3390/life12122105
PMID:36556470
Diverse ecological functions and the convergent evolution of grass awns Petersen KB, Kellogg EA Am J Bot 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9828495
doi:10.1002/ajb2.16060
PMID:36048829
Global analysis of cytosine and adenine DNA modifications across the tree of life Varma SJ, Calvani E, Grüning NM, Messner CB, Grayson N, Capuano F, Mülleder M, Ralser M eLife 28-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9333990
doi:10.7554/eLife.81002
PMID:35900202
Possibility of utilizing agriculture biomass as a renewable and sustainable future energy source Saleem M Heliyon 04-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8841379
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08905
PMID:35198772
Population genomics of free‐ranging Great Plains white‐tailed and mule deer reflects a long history of interspecific hybridization Combe FJ, Jaster L, Ricketts A, Haukos D, Hope AG Evol Appl 14-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8792484
doi:10.1111/eva.13330
PMID:35126651
Pratylenchus smoliki, a new nematode species (Pratylenchidae: Tylenchomorpha) from the Great Plains region of North America Powers T, Todd T, Harris T, Higgins R, MacGuidwin A, Mullin P, Ozbayrak M, Powers K, Sakai K J Nematol 10-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8662978
doi:10.21307/jofnem-2021-100
PMID:34901874
A rare 300 kilometer dispersal by an adult male white‐tailed deer Moll RJ, McRoberts JT, Millspaugh JJ, Wiskirchen KH, Sumners JA, Isabelle JL, Keller BJ, Montgomery RA Ecol Evol 09-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8093661
doi:10.1002/ece3.7354
PMID:33976768
87 Evaluation of two stocking rates for grazing heifers on mixed sward native warm-season grass pastures in the Black Belt Prairie region Parish JA, Yankey KC, Durst LS J Anim Sci 28-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7697487
doi:10.1093/jas/skz397.061
20 Comparison of native warm-season grasses and bermudagrass for stocker calf grazing in the Black Belt Prairie region Parish JA, Yankey KC, Durst LS J Anim Sci 28-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7697150
doi:10.1093/jas/skz397.063
The anatomy of abscission zones is diverse among grass species Yu Y, Leyva P, Tavares RL, Kellogg EA Am J Bot 23-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7217018
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1454
PMID:32207156

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