Entry Detail


big bluestem grass


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
big bluestem grass
Myaamia Name:  
Habitats:  
Dry Prairie grasslands, Wet Prairie grasslands with flooding

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Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Occurs in moist or dry open places and prairies throughout the eastern portion of eastern Myaamia lands, eastern Indiana and most of Illinois where tallgrass prairie is found, and throughout western Myaamia lands.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Whitford, A. C. 1941  

Fibers of this species were used by Ohio cave and rock-shelter dwellers for coarsely woven items like rope and moccasins. These fibers were commonly used without preliminary prepration or treatment.