#1572 most planted
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little bluestem · also Beard grass, Prairie beard grass, Broom beardgrass
Deciduous
30
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
2.7 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a perennial bunchgrass native to North American prairies and grasslands. It is a warm-season species that employs the C4 photosynthetic pathway, making it prominent in tallgrass prairies and abundant in Midwestern and Texas grasslands.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 300.03%2.7 yr—
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 1.6–4.9 ft
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Flint Hills tallgrass prairie
- Northern Shortgrass prairie
- Northern Tallgrass prairie
- Texas blackland prairies