Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Andropogon gerardii Vitman

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Andropogon chrysocomus Nash., Andropogon furcatus Muhl., Andropogon gerardii Vitman var. chrysocomus (Nash) Fern., Andropogon provincialis Lam., Andropogon tennesseensis Scribner

Common names:

Beard grass [Beard-grass] (1878-1938) (108, 119)

Big bluestem [Big blue-stem] (1852-1977) (3, 5, 11, 50, 56, 65, 85, 93, 94, 111, 115, 119, 122, 124, 129, 134, 140, 144, 155, 163)

Blue-joint [Blue joint] (1894-1938) (5, 45, 75, 119)

Blue-joint grass [Blue joint grass] (1901, IA) (56)

Bluestem [Blue stem, Blue-stem] (1885-1928) (40, 45, 56, 87, 90, 144)

Bluestem grass [Blue stem grass] (1898, MO) (78)

Broom grass [Broom-grass] (1913) (5)

Finger grass (1896) (45)

Finger-spike broom grass [Finger-spiked broom grass] (1884-1885) (87, 88)

Finger-spike Indian grass [Finger-spiked Indian grass] (1899, KS) (144)

Finger-spike wood grass [Finger-spiked wood grass] (1885-1903) (66, 90)

Forked beard grass [Forked beard-grass, Forked beardgrass] (1899-1923) (5, 99, 131)

Forked-spike [Forked spike] (1840) (19, 92)

H'ade-zhide (Omaha-Ponca, red hay) (1830) (37)

Mūckode'kanes (Chippewa, small prairie) (1928) (40)

Tennessee bluestem [Tennessee blue stem] (1901, IA) (56)

Turkey-foot [Turkeyfoot] (1852-1944) (45, 140, 144, 163)

Turkey-foot grass (1894, SD) (129)

Yellow-hair beard grass [Yellow-haired beard-grass] (1913-1936) (5, 93, 99)