Bluestem
any of several prairie grasses of the genus Andropogon, having bluish leaf sheaths, now grown in the western U.S. for forage.
dwarf palmetto.
Historical Examples
Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas Dwight Platt
The Forest Habitat of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation Henry S. Fitch
The Forest Habitat of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation Henry S. Fitch
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas Artie L. Metcalf
The Breeding Birds of Kansas Richard F. Johnston
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