Broomsedge, also known as beard grass, is not a true sedge but is a member of the grass family, Poaceae. Historically, housewives used the long, brush-like grasses to make brooms, which accounts for the common name.
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Broomsedge Bluestem, Bluestem,Broomsedge, Sagegrass © 1997-2009 by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
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Weed Description: A perennial grass that forms clumps in many pastures, hay fields, and abondoned fields, and often goes unnoticed until it matures into a reddish-brown clump of broom-like leaves. Found in the eastern half of the United States and in California. Broomsedge: Andropogon virginicus...
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Broomsedge ( Andropogon virginicus ) is one of the most frequently-encountered noncultivated plants in Alabama . Despite the taxonomic implications of its common name, this plant is a grass , rather than a sedge . It is widely adapted and commonly present in non-cropland areas and pastures throughout the Southeast.
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Gramineae Andropogon virginicus L. Broomsedge is a native bunchgrass, widely distributed over the United States, closely related to big and little bluestem grasses. The palatability of broomsedge is poor, so it ranks low as livestock feed.
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Complete description of the Broomsedge Bluestem (Andropogon Virginicus) including plant information, identification information on uses and more.
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Encyclopedia: Andropogon
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Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a genus of grasses. Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem, is the official state grass of Illinois. Broomsedge is found along the east...
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Nature: Broomsedge, Andropogon virginicus, is a common early succession plant in the Carolina Piedmont Region. Usually an indicator of poor but well-drained soil, Broomsedge--which is a true grass and not actually a sedge--inhabits sunny hillsides and savannas, abandoned fields, roadsides, and open woods across...
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