Sorghastrum
Encyclopedia
Sorghastrum is a genus
of grass
es in the Poaceae
family. Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
es in the Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
family. Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.
Selected species
- Sorghastrum bipennatum (Hack.) Pilg.
- Sorghastrum elliottii (C.Mohr) Nash – Slender Indiangrass
- Sorghastrum friesii (Pilg.) Pilg.
- Sorghastrum minarum (Nees) Hitchc.
- Sorghastrum nutansSorghastrum nutansSorghastrum nutans, commonly known as Yellow Indiangrass, is a North American prairie grass found in the central and eastern United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains...
(L.) Nash – Yellow Indiangrass- Sorghastrum nutans pellitum (Hack.) Burkart
- Sorghastrum secundum (Elliott) Nash – Lopsided Indiangrass
- Sorghastrum setosum (Griseb.) Hitchc. – Sandysoil Indiangrass
- Sorghastrum stipoides (Kunth) Nash – Needle Indiangrass