Family: Poaceae, Grass view all from this family

Description Prairie Dropseed is a fine-textured, distinctive bunchgrass with leaves that curve gracefully outward forming large, round tufts. Delicate seedheads appear above the tuft in midsummer, rising 2 ft. high. Fall color is tan-bronze. Prairie Dropseed is a perennial.

Habitat Dry prairies.

Range Quebec to Saskatchewan, locally south to North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and New Mexico; also reported from Montana.

Discussion Snow does not flatten the plant, so it is visible even in winter.