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Bouteloua gracilis, the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season perennial grass, native to North America. [2] [4] [5]It is most commonly found from Alberta, Canada, east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and U.S. Midwest states, onto the northern Mexican Plateau in Mexico.
As a warm season grass it becomes green late in the spring and dries out early in the fall. [8] The dried leaves and inflorescence stalks persist through the dormant period, turning a light golden color. [14] The haploid chromosome number for buffalograss is 10 and the species may be diploid (2n=20), tetraploid (4n=40), or hexaploid (6n=60 ...
St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), also known as buffalo turf in Australia and buffalo grass in South Africa, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.It is a warm-season lawn grass that is popular for cultivation in tropical and subtropical regions.
Eremochloa ophiuroides, or centipedegrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Used as a warm season lawn grass , it forms thick sods and spreads by stolons . Overview
Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall perennial New World grasses. They are warm-season C 4 grasses and are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions.
Cool-Season vs. Warm-Season Grasses Most grasses can be divided into two categories: cool-season and warm-season grasses. These broad terms refer to when certain grasses have the most growth.
Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico.
Grasses of North America — native species of Poaceae. Subcategories. ... Warm-season grasses of North America (24 P) Pages in category "Grasses of North America"