Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shortspike bluestem being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- Anatherum campbellii
- Anatherum cumulicola
- Anatherum cretaceum
- Anatherum cabanisii
- Anatherum floridanum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Anatherum
- Species
- Anatherum brachystachyum
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