Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Grasses,Ornamental & Others), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Silver Beardgrass, Silver Beard Grass, Silver Bluestem (Andropogon saccharoides var. torreyanus), Texas native, some consider a weed; in the fall, it turns red, purple or burnt orange with the color persisting into the winter


This common bunch (clumping) grass that likes dry soil can be used in a prairie, meadow or wildscape and even as an accent plant. It attracts songbirds who eat its seeds. The Kiowa are thought to have used the stems as toothpicks.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/108484/index.html