Indian grass
noun
: a tall perennial North American grass (Sorghastrum nutans) with long flat leaves and narrow feathery golden-brown panicles
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The deep root systems have, over the vastness of time and space, created the thick prairie sod that produces waves of unique grasses such as Indian grass, switchgrass, sideoats grama, wild rye, prairie dropseed, little bluestem and big bluestem.
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Franz Burnier, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
Those efforts support regrowth of native big bluestem grass, Joe Pye weed, old world goldenrod, silky rye, bottlebrush grass, nodding wild onion and Indian grass.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
And micro-prairies that are routinely scoured by ice in the river to clear the way for native plants such as big bluestem and Indian grass.
—Peter Krouse, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2022
Academics program manager Jake Poinsett said that’s just in time to see the fall colors of Texas -- brown switch grass, yellow Indian grass and big blue stem, which this time of year is actually purple.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020
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Franz Burnier, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
Those efforts support regrowth of native big bluestem grass, Joe Pye weed, old world goldenrod, silky rye, bottlebrush grass, nodding wild onion and Indian grass.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
And micro-prairies that are routinely scoured by ice in the river to clear the way for native plants such as big bluestem and Indian grass.
—Peter Krouse, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2022
Academics program manager Jake Poinsett said that’s just in time to see the fall colors of Texas -- brown switch grass, yellow Indian grass and big blue stem, which this time of year is actually purple.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020
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“Indian grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Indian%20grass. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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