Rothschild giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi wander in open arid steppe with Vachellia tortilis and dry grassland Sporobolus pyramidalis under warm sun, Murchison Falls NP Uganda.

Sporobolus heterolepis, called prairie dropseed, is a clump-forming native grass that has fine-textured, hair-like, medium green leaves that typically form an arching foliage mound to 15” tall and 18” wide. The foliage turns golden with orange hues in fall, fading to light bronze in winter. In July and August, branching flower panicles appear on slender stems which rise well above the foliage clump to 30-36" tall. Flowers have pink and brown tints, but are perhaps most noted for their unique fra

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Prairie Dropseed Grass