Origin: | Native to North America | |
Use: | Perennial, warm season, native grass that provides fair grazing for wildlife; good grazing for livestock. | |
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Life Span | Perennial | |
Growth Form | tufted, perennial grass that grows 3 to 3 ½ feet in height. | |
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Seeding Rate 40" Rows: Broadcast: |
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General | provides fair grazing for wildlife; good grazing for livestock. | |
ID Features: | This bunchgrass grows 12 to 48 inches tall in large tufts. Stems have a feel similar to a lead pencil at the base. The blades are soft and lax; the ligule is a dense ring of straight hairs. The pale-colored seedheads have singIe fuzzy seed in rows, borne on very short, hairy stems. Seeds are set in a cup having a ring-like base and fall, leaving a fuzzy zig-zag stem. | |
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