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Another native grass that isn't very familiar to gardeners is little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), a blue foliaged plant with beautiful fall color.
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Salvia coccinea, Japanese blood grass, Imperata cylindrica, Verbena bonariensis, Amaranthus paniculatus ‘Autumn Palette’, and not in the shot, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Dallas Blues’ were tried to see how and what color might look good.
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The next fan over is planted with sprigs of little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium gathered around the yard that grows wild here.
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In overgrazed areas, decreases in little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), needleandthread (Stipa comata), and Andropogon hallii, and increases in hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), Calamovilfa longifolia, and dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) are apparent.
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Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) are frequently dominants on Blackland Prairie alfisols and vertisols.
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The most threatened community type is the Schizachyrium-Andropogon-Sorghastrum association typical of the mollisol prairie of the white rock cuesta.
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Extensive sand plateaus nearer the coast are occupied by Hyphaene gossweileri palm savanna, where the grass layer is dominated by Eragrostis superba, Schizachyrium semiberbe, and Digitaria milanjiana.
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Nine species are endemic, and include Afrotrilepis jaegeri, Digitaria phaeotricha var. patens, Dissotis sessilis, Gladiolus leonensis, Ledermanniella jaegeri, Loudetia jaegeriana, Loxodera strigosa, Schizachyrium minutum (S. brevifolium), and Scleria monticola.
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Cold-weather grasses, such as Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' feather reed grass or little bluestem grass (Schizachyrium scoparium)
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