Big bluestem grass grows well in most well-draining soil types, even happily growing in low-fertility soils. The deep root system of big bluestem makes it ideal for areas prone to erosion.

These big bluestem grasses are just starting to turn color in fall. Big bluestem ( Andropogon gerardii ) Also native to the U.S., big bluestem grass grows about five feet tall with blue-green ...

field - Common native grasses are big bluestem, little bluestem, Indiangrass and switch grass. Photo by Robert Fears hay bale - Coastal Bermudagrass is a common introduce warm-season perennial.

University of Missouri Extension will hold an Aug. 30 tour of an Ozark County farm where a producer is turning to big bluestem grass for his cattle operation.

Big bluestem, or Andropogon gerardii, is one of the most common – and important – grasses nationwide. In Maine it is rarer, found along roadsides, river ledges and in sand-plain communities ...