Sun Dried Big Bluestem Grass

by Robert J Sadler

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Sun Dried Big Bluestem Grass

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Robert J Sadler

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Photograph - Photography/digital Art

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Stands of Big Bluestem Grass, sun dried to a rust brown, await the fallow time of fall and the approaching winter. This photo taken on September 26th. Big Bluestem Grass (Andropogon Gerardii), commonly known as: Turkey Foot Grass, is an old prairie land grass with flowering stalks that average 3 to 6 feet tall but can grow up to nine feet tall. The flowers (seed heads) usually have three elongated clusters on a long stem and thus resemble a turkey's foot. This stand of 6 foot tall Turkey Foot Grass is grown on one of the last remnants of virgin black land prairie in North Texas. They can be found standing tall from August into fall on the properties of the Frankford Church and Cemetery: "Prairie In The City". The property is maintained by the Frankford Preservation Foundation. For centuries, before agricultural use of 'the plains', vast fields of these grasses fed the buffalo, their main competitor was Mother Nature and the lightning strikes that set fire to the prairies.

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September 27th, 2014

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