LATIN NAME
Sorghastrum nutans
LONGEVITY
Perennial
SEASON
Warm
ORIGIN
Native
DETAILS
• One of the highly desired "big four" tall grasses
• Easily identified by the unique auricles at the base of the leaf; they look like rabbit ears
• Readily grazed by all livestock
• Adapted to fertile, moist soils from heavy clays to sands on prairies, savannas, and meadows.
• Good nesting cover for quail and turkey and fawning cover for deer.
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