Details for: PI 675529, Andropogon gerardi Vitman, 9082318


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
9082318
Origin:
Collected – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
9082318
Origin:
Collected – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
PRE 2002.
North Carolina, United States
Locality: 27 mi NE of Charlotte, NC
Elevation: 207m.
Environment description: Wet prairie floodplain of Dutch Buffalo Creek, trib of Rocky River
Comment: NC piedmont, 114--139 cm precipitation.
Donated
March 2004.
New Jersey, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
9082318
Type: Institute identifier

NSL 439895
Type: Site identifier

Suther Germplasm
Type: Other or unclassified name
Release Name

Narrative
Big bluestem is a native, perennial warm season grass that occurs from the short grass prairie region to the Atlantic Ocean. It is tufted with short, scaly rhizomes that form a sod. Big Bluestem is tall, reaching a height of 6-8 ft. on most sites where protected from grazing. It is very leafy at the base, with some leaves carried up on the stem. The seed heads normally have 3 spikelets that appear like �turkey foot.� Suther Prairie germplasm is recommended for roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes, and prairie restoration. Big bluestem can provide hay and forage to all classes of livestock. It is an important part of prairie pastures and is considered a long-lived perennial. This release is recommended for planting throughout the Mid-Atlantic area of the Eastern U.S.
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Genus:
Andropogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:

3215
Place of publication:

Summa pl. 6:16. 1792
Comment:
the original spelling is permissible under Shenzhen ICN Rec. 60C.2, since the given name Gerard or Gérard, which dates at least to the Early Middle Ages when Latin was the international language of Europe, has a well-established latinized form and is not correctable under Shenzhen ICN Art. 60.8
Verified:
07/11/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonym(s)
Andropogon gerardi Vitman subsp. gerardi
Andropogon gerardi Vitman var. gerardi

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon furcatus Muhl. ex Willd.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbig bluestem  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishturkeyfoot  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Frenchbarbon de Gerard  2Campbell, C. S. 1993-. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 25:653. Note: as "Andropogon gerardii"
Spanishpopotillo gigante  2Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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Description:
Suther Prairie big bluestem was collected from a wet prairie 27 miles northeast of Charlotte, NC in the floodplain of the Dutch Buffalo Creek, a tributary of the Rocky River at about 680 ft. above sea level.