Broomsedge bluestem is a native warm season perennial bunchgrass that grows 2 to 4 feet tall. The leaves are flat to partly folded 10 to 15 inches long and approximately 1/8 inch wide. The fringed ligule is 1/16 inch long. The flattened basal leaf sheaths are colorless or yellow. The rest of the plant is a pale greenish yellow.

Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem and (in Australia, because it was introduced to that country after being used as packaging for bottles of American whiskey) whiskey grass.

Adult Common Wood-Nymph butterflies feed on rotting fruit and flower nectar. This plant also supports various Skipper larvae. Fruit displays from October to November. The flower inflorescence appears in September, turns bright orange in fall, and is …

The grass that gives a lot of eastern Oklahoma pastures the bronze or copper colored appearance during the fall and winter is broomsedge bluestem, also known as “sage grass.” Broomsedge is a native grass that grows well on sites that have low fertility or pH.

Adaptation: Broomsedge bluestem is found in all of Louisiana’s Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA) except for the Gulf Coast Marsh (151). The USDA Hardiness Zones for broomsedge bluestem is 5 to 10. It grows on a wide variety of soils, especially in old fields and other disturbed sites. It is frequently found

Bush Bluestem is a tufting, sturdy, warm-season grass that may grow 2 to 6 feet in height. The foliage has a reddish tint. Interesting, beard-like flowers appear in fall.

This perennial grass stands strongly upright and is good fuel for a prescribed burn. It has nice fall/winter color. It may also be called Broomstraw, Broomsedge Bluestem or Whiskey Grass.

Broomsedge is a warm-season, perennial bunchgrass. Seeds germinate in the spring, following a period of cold dormancy, in exposed soil. Seedling germination and survival is high in sufficiently sunny conditions.

Broomsedge Bluestem is a perennial, warm-season, native ranging 24 to 48 inches or 0.6 to 1.2 m tall. Poor grazing for livestock and wildlife. Provides nesting for some bird species. Grows mostly on loose, sandy, moist soils in uplands and woodlands and invades overgrazed ranges and turn-back farmlands.

Adult Common Wood-Nymph butterflies feed on rotting fruit and flower nectar. This plant also supports various Skipper larvae. Provides shelter for field birds, small mammals and insects. The basal and stem leaves are up to 10 inches long, linear with entire margins.