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GRASS FAMILY
(POACEAE)
 
Bird food:  bobwhites, coots, doves, dabbling ducks, purple gallinules, soras, songbirds, whistling-ducks
 
Butterfly larval food: Wildlife food:  rabbits, white-tailed deer
 
 
name		 
area		flower
& fruit		 
season		 
other
Big bluestem
  Andropogon gerardii		NCSpurplishFp
Bush bluestem
  Andropogon glomeratus		NCSsilvery-pink
white		SuF
F		p
Broomsedge
  Andropogon virginicus		NCSinconspicuous
white		SuF
F		p
Buffalo grass
  Buchloe dactyloides		NCS   
Inland sea oats
  Chasmanthium latifolium		NCSinconspicuous
gold-tan		 
F		 
Purple lovegrass
  Eragrostis spectabilis		NCSreddishFp
Sugarcane plumegrass
  Erianthus giganteus		NCSrose-copper
silver		F
F		 
Junegrass
  Koeleria		NCS   
Pink muhlygrass
  Muhlenbergia capillaris		NCSpurple-pink
purple		F
F		p
Maidencane
  Panicum hemitomon		NCS   
Switch grass
  Panicum virgatum		NCSgreen
gray		SuF
FW		 
Indian grass
  Sorghastrum nutans		NCSgold
tan		SuF
FW		 
Pineywoods dropseed
  Sporobolus junceus		NCSreddishSpSuFp
Codes: N=north
C=central
S=south		 Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter		 a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine		 i=invasive
 
ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans

 
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