Synonyms: Chrysopogon avenaceus, Chrysopogon nutans var. linnaeanus, Indian Grass.
Indiangrass is a tall, perennial, warm-season, North American prairie grass found in the central and eastern United States and Canada. This bunch-forming grass is a prominent component of the tallgrass prairie, along with Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, and Switchgrass. Indiangrass is common across most of Maryland.
Indiangrass has arching, blue-green leaves and a large, plume-like, soft, golden-brown seed head. It is easy to identify because of its height and its distinctive golden inflorescence during the blooming season, late summer-early fall.
Because Indiangrass remains upright through the winter, it provides year-round cover and nesting sites for birds, as well as nesting structure for native bees. Songbirds eat the seeds. It is relished by livestock and bison.
Indiangrass is a host plant for Pepper and Salt Skipper.
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