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Little Bluestem is a native, warm-season perennial grass with gray-green foliage and unique reddish bronze color in fall. This grass is an excellent choice for erosion control, soil improvement, and wildlife habitat. It also helps reduce water and fertilizer utilization. Little Bluestem is an environmentally responsible choice, preserving soil quality, reducing water usage, and providing a habitat for wildlife. This easy-to-maintain, bright grass will bring long-term benefits to any lawn or garden.

One of the BIG FOUR native grasses, Little Bluestem grows well on a variety of soil types, including deep, shallow, sandy, fine textured, and rocky soils. It is a bunch type, native, warm-season, perennial mid grass, with a dense root system, and may reach heights of from 2 to 4 feet tall. Little Bluestem can be identified by its flat, bluish-colored basal shoots and its leaf blades which tend to fold. Mature plants have a reddish cast after frost. Little Bluestem is more drought resistant than Big Bluestem, and can be found in the lower rainfall areas of the Great Plains. Little Bluestem can be spread by seed, tillers, and underground rootstocks. It produces an abundance of high quality, palatable forage that is used for both hay and pasture. Little Bluestem should not be grazed closer than 4 to 6 inches during the growing season. The seed is mature in late September and October. It can be seeded alone or in mixtures with tall and short grasses.