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Nine Mile Prairie :: SNR-UNL

Nine-Mile Prairie is a 230-acre (97-hectare) relict tallgrass prairie owned by the University of Nebraska Foundation. It is located in on the northwest edge of Lincoln, in Lancaster County. This guide aims to help ecology students identify plant species in nine-mile prairie, Lincoln NE.

buffalograss ¹
Bouteloua dactyloides

Canada wildrye ²
Elymus canadensis

Panicum sp. ³
Dichanthelium sp.

blue grama ⁴
Bouteloua gracilis

green foxtail ⁵
Setaria viridis

western wheatgrass ⁶
Pascopyrum smithii

tall dropseed ⁷
Muhlenbergia asperifolia

sedge species ⁸
Carex

little bluestem ⁹
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ¹⁰
Sorghastrum nutans

switchgrass ⁸
Panicum virgatum

big bluestem ¹¹
Andropogon gerardii

Kentucky bluegrass ¹²
Poa pratensis

smooth brome ¹³
Bromus inermis

prairie dropseed ¹⁴
Sporobolus heterolepis

purple lovegrass ¹⁵
Eragrostis spectabilis

sideoats grama ²
Bouteloua curtipendula

purpletop ¹⁶
Tridens flavus

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Nine Mile Prairie :: SNR-UNL

buffalograss 1 Bouteloua dactyloides

Canada wildrye 2 Elymus canadensis

Panicum sp. 3 Dichanthelium sp.

blue grama 4 Bouteloua gracilis

green foxtail 5 Setaria viridis

western wheatgrass 6 Pascopyrum smithii

tall dropseed 7 Muhlenbergia asperifolia

sedge species 8 Carex

little bluestem 9 Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass 10 Sorghastrum nutans

switchgrass 8 Panicum virgatum

big bluestem 11 Andropogon gerardii

Kentucky bluegrass 12 Poa pratensis

smooth brome 13 Bromus inermis

prairie dropseed 14 Sporobolus heterolepis

purple lovegrass 15 Eragrostis spectabilis

sideoats grama 2 Bouteloua curtipendula

purpletop 16 Tridens flavus