Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Andropogon avenaceus Michx., Andropogon nutans avenaceus (Michx.) Hack, Andropogon nutans L., Chrysopogon avenaceus Benth. , Chrysopogon nutans Benth., Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash, Sorghum nutans A. Gray

Common names:

Beard grass (1840-1876) (19, 92)

Bushy bluestem [Bushy blue stem, Bushy blue-stem] (1888-1938) (5, 11, 56, 99, 119, 129, 131)

Indian beard grass [Indian beard-grass] (1901, IA) (56)

Indian grass [Indian grass, Indian-grass] (1852-Present) (3, 5, 45, 50, 56, 66, 72, 85, 87, 92, 94, 115, 119, 122, 131, 134, 140, 144, 163)

Indian reed (1852) (163)

Wild oat grass [Wild oat-grass] (1893) (5, 21)

Wood grass [Wood-grass] (1884-1913) (5, 45 66, 87, 92)

Yellow Indian grass [Yellow Indiangrass] (1942-1944) (140, 155)