KNPS × R.L. McGregor Herbarium × University of Kansas
2045 Constant Ave. × Lawrence, KS × 66047-3729
www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org × email@kansasnativeplantsociety.org
Resources on Little Bluestem and other Grasses
Books
• Range Grasses of Kansas - KSU Cooperative Extension Service, Manhattan, KS.
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Kansas Grasses – Clenton Owensby, KS Publishing Inc., 2004.
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Learning in the Prairie, A Resource for Elementary Teachers – Dwight R. Platt, Bethel
College, 1990. Modules 17 & 23 are on grasses.
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Pasture and Range Plants – Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 2001.
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Grasses in Kansas – Frank C. Gates, Kansas State College, 1936.
Web Sites
• http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/littlebluestem.html
This site contains information and identification photos for forbs, grasses, sedges,
rushes, and woody plants that are found growing in Kansas.
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http://www.kansasnativeplants.com/
This site contains images of native and alien plants of northeastern Kansas.
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http://www.ku.edu/heritage/wildflowers/
This site specializes in wildflowers of southwest Kansas.
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http://spuds.agron.ksu.edu/index.html
This site contains images of wildflowers and grasses of the Flint Hills of KS.
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http://www.pittstate.edu/herbarium/grasses/Schizachyrium_scoparium_LittleBlueStem.
html
This site is a guide to plants of southeast Kansas. The geographic area of this guide
includes Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette,
Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties.
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http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SCSC
The USDA’s PLANTS database site includes names, plant symbols, checklists,
distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references,
crop information, and automated tools.
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http://www.sharpseed.com/pdf/littlebluestem.pdf
Fact sheet and purchase information.
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http://www.northern.edu/natsource/GRASSES/Little1.htm
Nebraska’s site for grasses and other plants.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_bluestem
General information and links to other sites.
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http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/littleblue.html
Some good close-up photos.