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Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FAC Soil: pH 6.5-7.5


Form/Color Perennial, 3 - 9' tall, tufted, stems waxy Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
blue-green and purple in bloom, densely Tolerance: tolerance.
flowered purple in July-September.


Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine


Tolerance: soils, moderate tolerance of soil
compaction.


Habitat: Open areas.


Ecosystem Host to some butterflies.
Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought.


Ornamental Blue-green stem, with a turkey foot


Value: shaped inflorescene. Purple-white Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, slow rate of
flowers. vegetative spread. May become


weedy.


Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.


Tolerance:


Andropogon virginicus Broom-Sedge


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: pH 4.9-7.0


Form/Color Perennial, 20-60" tall, in clumps, pale, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine


waxy green in bloom, pale yellow-tan in Tolerance: tolerance.
winter, awned, blooms and fruits in
August-October. Urban Adapted to medium and fine soils, no


Tolerance: tolerance of soil compaction.


Habitat: Sandy, gravelly soil, open areas, uplands


to seasonally dry wetland edges.
Ecosystem Wildlife value moderate, host to some
Services: butterflies.


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought, intolerant of flooding.


Ornamental Green and straw yellow stalk with white
Value: fluffy seeds along the stalk. Compatibility: Allelopathic to competitors.


Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Early pioneer on poor soil, often


infected by endophytic fungi.
Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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