Origin: | Perennial, warn season, introduced grass. | |
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Plant Description: | ||
General | ||
Life Span | ||
Growth Form | ||
Management: | ||
Seeding Rate 40" Rows: Broadcast: |
0.5 pound pure live seed per acre 1.2 pounds pure live seed per acre |
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Planting Date | March-May | |
Planting Depth | ||
pH requirement | 5.5 to 8.0 | |
Rainfall requirement | ||
Soil texture Sandy: Loam: Clay: |
Moderate High High |
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Cold Tolerance: | Moderate | |
General | ||
ID Features: | Has dense blue-green leaves and thin stems with purple tinges at the nodes. It typically grows to 3-4 feet in height. The seed head is a terminal group of spike-like stalks that come from a common point. | |
Special Notes: |
Caucasian Bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii) Information #1 |
Regional Adaptation |
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Variety |
Coast Saline Prairie |
Coast Prairie |
East Texas Timberlands |
Claypan Area |
Blackland Prairie |
East Cross Timbers |
West Cross Timbers |
Grand Prairie |
North Central Prairies |
Central Basin |
Edwards Plateau |
Northern Rio Grande Plain |
Western Rio Grande Plain |
Central Rio Grande Plain |
Lower Rio Grande Valley |
Rolling Plains |
High Plains |
Trans-Pecos |
bluestem | X |
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