View source for Andropogon gerardii

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|accepted_name=Andropogon gerardii
|accepted_authority=Vitman
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|common_names=Big bluestem;Barbon de gerard
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Andropogon provincialis
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Andropogon furcatus
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|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Andropogon;Andropogon sect. Andropogon;Andropogon gerardii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Andropogon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Andropogon sect. Andropogon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Andropogon gerardii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 653
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>often forming large clumps, rhizomes, if present, with internodes shorter than 2 cm. <b>Culms</b> 1-3 m, often glaucous. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous or pilose; ligules 0.4-2.5 mm; blades 5-50 cm long, (2)5-10 mm wide, usually pilose adaxially, at least near the collar. <b>Inflorescence</b> units usually only terminal; peduncles with 2-6(10) rames; rames 5-11 cm, exserted at maturity, usually purplish, sometimes yellowish; internodes sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs 2.2-4.2 mm, usually white, rarely yellowish. <b>Sessile</b> spikelets 5-11 mm, scabrous; awns 8-25 mm; anthers 3, 2.5-4.5 mm. <b>Pedicellate</b> spikelets 3.5-12 mm, usually well-developed and staminate. <b>2n</b> = 20, 40, 60 (usually), 70, 80.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wis.;Del.;D.C.;Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;W.Va.;Colo.;Fla.;Wyo.;N.H.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Va.;Mass.;Maine;R.I.;Vt.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;Ala.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Mont.;Miss.;Ky.;S.Dak.
|discussion=<p><i>Andropogon gerardii</i> grows in prairies, meadows, and generally dry soils. It is a widespread species, extending from southern Canada to Mexico, and was once dominant over much of its range. It is frequently planted for erosion control, restoration, or as an ornamental; the records from Washington and central Montana reflect such plantings. It hybridizes with A. ballii, the two sometimes being treated as conspecific subspecies.</p>
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name=Andropogon gerardii
|authority=Vitman
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Andropogon provincialis;Andropogon furcatus
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wis.;Del.;D.C.;Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;W.Va.;Colo.;Fla.;Wyo.;N.H.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Va.;Mass.;Maine;R.I.;Vt.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;Ala.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Mont.;Miss.;Ky.;S.Dak.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae
|genus=Andropogon
|section=Andropogon sect. Andropogon
|species=Andropogon gerardii
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