Switchgrass, Big Bluestem, and Indiangrass

Authors

Lowell E. Moser, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Kenneth P. Vogel, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1995

Citation

Moser, L. E. and K.P. Vogel. 1995. Switchgrass, big bluestem, and indiangrass. Chapter 32. p. 409-420. In: Robert F. Barnes, Darrell A. Miller, and C. Jerry Nelson (eds.). Forages, 5th ed. Vol.I: An introduction to grassland agriculture. Iowa State Univ. Press., Ames, IA.

Comments

U.S. Government work.

Abstract

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), and indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans [L.] Nash) are tall warm-season (C₄) grasses that predominated the North American tall-grass prairie (Weaver 1968).