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The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly 300 miles (480 km) from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. The prairie was named after its rich, dark soil. [3] Less than 1% of the original Blackland prairie vegetation remains, scattered across Texas in parcels.
Most common hosts are: citrus trees, papayas, sweet potatoes, ornamental plants, sugarcane, panicum grasses, peanut, corn, and other plant species. The citrus root weevil is known to feed on over 270 species of plants from 59 different families. Diestrammena asynamora. greenhouse camel cricket. Insecta.
Zizania texana. Hitchc. Zizania texana is a rare species of grass known by the common name Texas wild rice. It is endemic to Texas, where it is found only on the upper San Marcos River in Hays County. It is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. [2][3][4][5]
Native grasses of Texas; Pages in category "Native grasses of Texas" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 21 July 2020. ^ "Minnesota State Symbols". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2020-07-22. ^ "Big bluestem is now state's official grass". ^ "1-1-506.State grass, MCA". Montana State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
Elymus virginicus. L. Elymus virginicus, or Virginia wildrye, is a perennial bunchgrass located in Virginia and the eastern United States. Virginia wild rye is one of the few cool season native grasses found in the east Texas area. It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.
Agrostis scabra is a perennial bunchgrass growing mainly upright in form to heights of 6–39 in (15–99 cm), but reaching as high as 50 in (130 cm). It has been found growing as high as 12,000 ft (3,658 m) in Colorado. [8] The leaves are rough with tiny hairs and up to about 14 centimeters long. The inflorescence breaks off of the plant at ...
Panicum zonale Guss. Echinochloa colonum, commonly known as jungle rice, wild rice, deccan grass, jharua or awnless barnyard grass, [1] is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of Panicum. It is the wild ancestor of the cultivated cereal crop Echinochloa frumentacea, sawa millet. [2]