40" Rows: Broadcast:
Sandy:
Loam:
Clay:
Special Notes:
| Origin: | Native to North America | |
| Use: | Annual, warm season, native grass that provides fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. | |
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| Life Span | Annual | |
| Growth Form | semi-erect, simple | |
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| Soil texture Sandy: Loam: Clay: |
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| Cold Tolerance: | High | |
| General | Provides fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. | |
| ID Features: | 12- to 36-inch bunchgrass that has erect or spreading stems growing from a bent, knee-like base. The stems arise from short, knotty, underground rootstock. Blades and stems often have a purplish tinge. Blades are straight, flat and not twisted, longpointed at the tip and tapering toward the base. The seedhead is erect; 1 to 3 inches long; ¼ inch wide; rounded at the top; and green, yellowish or purple in color. There are five or more bristles below each egg-shaped spikelet. | |
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