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Little Bluestem

 

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3-4 pls ¼"

Apr-May

Good in loams, clays and sandy soils. Good cold tolerance, fair drought tolerance, poor salt tolerance.  Native,  perennial bunchgrass.  2-4 ft tall.  Good and palatable forage producer.  Excellent cover for quail.

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Little Bluestem in a pasture in winter

Little Bluestem in a pasture in winter

Little Bluestem in a pasture in winter

Little Bluestem in a landscape, in early summer

Little Bluestem in a landscape, in mid summer

Little Bluestem in a landscape, in fall

Little Bluestem seed

Little Bluestem in a landscape, in fall

Little Bluestem in Texas Hill Country, in mid-late fall