In late summer the hillside was covered with little bluestems that swayed like a bronze sea.

In the late afternoon light, the big bluestems along the roadside cast long, blue-green shadows across the field.

In the tallgrass prairie restoration plot, little bluestem grass swayed in the late-afternoon breeze, attracting seed-eating birds.

The restoration team planted little bluestem grasses along the roadside to prevent erosion.