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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Height
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Remarks
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Big Bluestem
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Andropogon gerardii
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3'-8'
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Full sun, partial-shade, three-toed turkey foot shape of flowering spikelets
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Eastern Gamagrass
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Tripsacum dactyloides
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2'-3'
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Dense, part shade, full sun, dormant in winter, sharp edges
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Fountain Grass
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Pennisetum ruppelii
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3'-5'
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Sun, densely clumped growth form
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Inland Seaoats
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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2'-3'
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Shade, dappled shade, part shade
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Little Bluestem
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Schixachyrium scoparium
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3'
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Sun, partial-shade, bunchgrass, bluegreen in summer, copper Oct.-March
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Muhly Grass
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Muehlenbergia lindheimeri
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3'
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Evergreen, part shade, full sun
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Pampas Grass
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Cordaderia selloana
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7'
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Coarse, full sun, makes good border
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Purple Fountain Grass
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Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
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5'
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Purple color, full sun, cut back in winter for best growth. Prone to hard freezes.
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Sideoats Grama
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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2'-3'
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Dappled shade, part shade, full sun
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Switchgrass
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Panicum virgatum
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3'
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Sun, partial-shade, stands out in tall grass prairie by turning a rich gold in fall
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