Little Bluestem

Resources

Books

  • Range Grasses of Kansas - KSU Cooperative Extension Service, Manhattan, KS.
  • Kansas Grasses - Clenton Owensby, KS Publishing Inc., 2004.
  • Learning in the Prairie, A Resource for Elementary Teachers - Dwight R. Platt, Bethel College, 1990. Modules 17 & 23 are on grasses.
  • Pasture and Range Plants - Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 2001.
  • Grasses in Kansas - Frank C. Gates, Kansas State College, 1936.

Web Sites

  • Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses

    This site contains information and identification photos for forbs, grasses, sedges, rushes, and woody plants that are found growing in Kansas.

  • Kansas Native Plants

    This site contains images of native and alien plants of northeastern Kansas.

  • Southwest Kansas Wildflowers

    This site specializes in wildflowers of southwest Kansas.

  • Prairie Wildflowers

    This site contains images of wildflowers and grasses of the Flint Hills of KS.

  • Sperry Herbarium

    This site is a guide to plants of southeast Kansas. The geographic area of this guide includes Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties.

  • USDA Plants

    The USDA's PLANTS database site includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.

  • Sharp Seed

    Fact sheet and purchase information.

  • Northern Source

    South Dakota 's site for grasses and other plants.

  • Wikipedia

    General information and links to other sites.

  • Oklahoma Biological Survey

    Some good close-up photographs.