Scientific Name:
BOTHRIOCHLOA LAGUROIDES
Common Name:
SILVER BLUESTEM
Erosion Index:
GOOD
Erosion Index Value:
5.24
Wildlife Index:
FAIR
Wildlife Index Value:
4.1
Ecological Distribution:
PINEYWOODS, GULF PRAIRIES AND MARSHES, POST OAK SAVANNAH, BLACKLAND
PRAIRIES, CROSS TIMBERS AND PRAIRIES, SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS, EDWARDS
PLATEAU, ROLLING PLAINS, HIGH PLAINS, TRANS-PECOS
Topographic Tolerance:
UPLAND
Elevation Tolerance:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE ELEVATION RANGE
Slope Tolerance:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE SLOPE RANGE
Aspect Tolerance:
TOLERANT ACROSS RANGE
Light Tolerance:
TOLERANT TO FULL SUN, TOLERANT TO SUN-SHADE MIX
Wetland Regional Indicator:
FACULTATIVE UPLAND
Physical Form:
GRASS
Habit:
DECIDUOUS
Life Cycle:
PERENNIAL
Seed Age:
1 YEAR OR LESS
Seed Interval:
1 YEAR OR LESS
Growth:
RAPID GROWTH, TUFTED BUNCHGRASS, DEEP ROOTED
Hardiness:
DROUGHT TOLERANT, GRAZING TOLERANT, FIRE TOLERANT, COLD TOLERANT
Vegetative Growth Period:
FROST FREE PERIOD
Flowering Period:
JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT
Fruiting Period:
JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT
Soil Moisture:
WELL-DRAINED ONLY
Soil Texture:
TOLERANT TO CLAYEY SOILS, TOLERANT TO LOAMY SOILS, TOLERANT TO SANDY SOILS, TOLERANT TO GRAVELLY OR ROCKY SOILS
Soil Fertility:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE FERTILITY RANGE
Parent Material:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE RANGE
Soil pH:
NEUTRAL, SLIGHTLY ALKALINE
Optimum pH:
SLIGHTLY ALKALINE
Soil Depth:
WIDE RANGE OF SOIL DEPTHS
Salinity:
OBLIGATE TO NON-SALINE (FRESH) SOIL/WATER CONDITIONS
Short-term Biomass:
MEDIUM
Short-term Pest:
NONE KNOWN
Long-term Biomass:
MEDIUM
Long-term Pest:
NONE KNOWN
Dominance Characteristics:
DOMINANT, COMPONENT
Honeybee Relations:
POLLINATED WITHOUT BEES
Parasite Host Potential:
UNKNOWN
Food for Wildlife/Livestock:
SMALL MAMMALS, LARGE MAMMALS, UPLAND GAME BIRDS
Small Mammal Food:
FAIR
Large Mammal Food:
FAIR
Upland Game Birds Food:
FAIR
Waterfowl Food:
FAIR
Nongame Birds Food:
FAIR
Small Mammal Cover:
GOOD
Large Mammal Cover:
FAIR
Upland Game Birds Cover:
GOOD
Waterfowl Cover:
UNKNOWN
Nongame Birds Cover:
GOOD
Toxicity Potential:
UNKNOWN
Toxicity Season:
Effectiveness Period:
LONG-TERM ONLY
Raindrop Impact:
LOW
Erosion Hardiness:
MEDIUM
Ease of Propagation:
MEDIUM
Soil Binding:
MEDIUM
Soil Enrichment Potential:
LOW
Nitrogen Fixation Potential:
LOW
Growth Inhibitor Production:
UNKNOWN
Source Availability:
COMMON LOCAL RETAIL NURSERY OR SEED OUTLET
Seed Germination Ratio:
MEDIUM
Reproduction:
SEEDS, TILLERS
Seed Dispersal Success Potential:
MAMMALS, WIND
Seed Establishment Success Potential:
MEDIUM
Cuttings Establishment Success Potential:
LOW
Transplanting Establishment Success Potential:
LOW
Establishment Time Interval:
1 YEAR OR LESS
Recommended Establishment:
SEEDS
Relative Expense:
UNKNOWN
Notes:
- A rapid invader of disturbed sites, i.e., abandoned fields, roadslides,
gullies, denuded soils, and overgrazed areas.
- Widely distributed.
Associated Species:
AGARITO
AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY
BEAKED
PANICUM
BLACK HICKORY
BLACKJACK
OAK
BLUE GRAMA
BLUEJACK
OAK
BROWNSEED PASPALUM
BUFFALOGRASS
CATCLAW ACACIA
CHICKASAW
PLUM
COMMON
CURLYMESQUITE
COMMON
PERSIMMON
CORALBERRY
CORDGRASS
DEWBERRY SPP.
EASTERN
REDCEDAR
ELBOWBUSH
ELM
SPP.
ENGELMANN DAISY
FOURWING
SALTBUSH
GUM BUMELIA
HACKBERRY
SPP.
HAIRY GRAMA
HAVARD
OAK
HAWTHORN SPP.
HEATH
ASTER
HONEY MESQUITE
HUISACHE
ILLINOIS BUNDLEFLOWER
JUNIPER
SPP.
LITTLE BLUESTEM
LIVE
OAK
LOTEBUSH
NARROWLEAF
WILDBEAN
POST OAK
SAND
BLUESTEM
SAND DROPSEED
SENSITIVEBRIAR
SPP.
SESSILELEAF
TICKCLOVER
SHIN
OAK
SIDEOATS GRAMA
SLICKSEED
WILDBEAN
SLIMLEAF
SCURFPEA
SUMAC
SPP.
SUNFLOWER SPP.
SWITCHGRASS
TALL DROPSEED
TEXAS
BLUEBONNET
TEXAS
PERSIMMON
TEXAS
RED OAK
VINE-MESQUITE
WILD
BLUE INDIGO
YELLOW
INDIANGRASS
YUPON