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Elliott's Bluestem

Anatherum gyrans

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 21, February 8, March 15, April 11, May 6, June 8, July 4, August 2, September 5, October 18, November 22, December 11.
Virginia131
Pennsylvania51
North Carolina43
Arkansas41
Texas38
Missouri31
Mississippi29
Tennessee27
Alabama8
Georgia8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusNew World Bluestems · Anatherum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Elliott's Bluestem with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.