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Sorghastrum nutans
Also called Yellow Indian Grass, Indian Grass, Wood Grass, Nodding False Sorghum, Yellow False Sorghum, Yellow Indiangrass
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) is a warm-season perennial bunchgrass native to the North American tallgrass prairies, growing 1 to 2 m tall. It is grown as a prairie or meadow grass and needs full sun and open conditions, since it does not tolerate shade.
Sorghastrum nutans, known as Indiangrass, is a North American prairie grass found in the United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies. It is sometimes called Indian grass, yellow Indian-grass, or wood grass.
Sorghastrum nutans is prominent in the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and the northern, central, and Flint Hills tall grassland ecoregions, along with the grasses big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). It is also common in areas of longleaf pine.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
