1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Grass
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
1.3 Origin
North America, United States, Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic United States, Southeastern United States, North-Central United States, Central United States, South-Central United States, Southwestern United States, Texas, Canada, Mexico
North America, Europe, Asia
1.4 Types
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
meadows, Prairies, Riverbanks, Roadsides, Woods
Mountain tops
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Not Available
1.9 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Purple
Non Flowering Plant
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Brown, Sandy Brown
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Not Available
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Blue Green, Burgundy, Bronze
Not Available
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Tan, Sandy Brown
Not Available
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Not Available
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Medium
Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
since leafy plants, use higher nitrogen content fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Annosus Root Rot, Balsam twig aphid, Balsam Woolly Adelgid, Conifer root aphid, Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid, Current Season Needle Necrosis, Douglas-fir Needle midge, Douglas-fir Twig weevil, Eriophyid mite, Giant Conifer or Cinara aphid, Grovesiella Canker, Interior Needle Blight, Melampsora Needle rust, Phytophthora Root Rot, Pucciniastrum Needle rust, Rhabdocline Needle Cast, Root weevil, Spruce spider mite, Swiss Needle Cast, Uredinopsis Needle rust
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Itchiness, Respiratory problems
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes, Used as Christmas tree
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for animals, Prevent Soil Erosion
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Not Available
No Medicinal Use
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Food for animals
Used as Christmas Tree, Used as Ornamental plant
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Mixed Border, Screening / Wind Break, Wildflower
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
ANDROPOGON gerardii
ABIES procera
7.2 Common Name
Big Bluestem, Turkey Foot
Noble Fir
7.2.1 In Hindi
Big Bluestem grass
Noble Fir
7.2.2 In German
Große Bartgras
edel-Tanne
7.2.3 In French
Barbon de Gérard herbe
sapin noble
7.2.4 In Spanish
hierba andropogon grande
abeto noble
7.2.5 In Greek
Big BLUESTEM γρασίδι
Noble Fir
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Vetiver grande grama
Noble Fir
7.2.7 In Polish
Big Bluestem trawa
Jodła szlachetna
7.2.8 In Latin
Big bluestem herba
Nobilistanne
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Coniferophyta
8.3 Class
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Not Available
8.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species