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Sorghastrum nutans

 
Veterinary Dictionary: Sorghastrum nutans

Toxic plant in family Poaceae; causes cyanide poisoning.

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Indiangrass

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sorghastrum
Species: S. nutans
Binomial name
Sorghastrum nutans
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Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), also called Indian grass, is a North American prairie grass, and is the official state grass of both Oklahoma and South Carolina. Indiangrass is a perennial bunchgrass, prominent in tallgrass prairie, along with big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).

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List of U.S. state grasses
Little bluestem
Elmhurst Great Western Prairie

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