Scientific Name:
PANICUM OBTUSUM
Common Name:
VINE-MESQUITE
Erosion Index:
EXCELLENT
Erosion Index Value:
10
Wildlife Index:
GOOD
Wildlife Index Value:
6.41
Ecological Distribution:
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:
BOTTOMLAND, WETLAND
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
Physical Form:
GRASS
Habit:
Life Cycle:
PERENNIAL
Seed Age:
1 TO 4 YEARS OLD
Seed Interval:
1 YEAR OR LESS
Growth:
RAPID GROWTH, LONG-LIVED, DENSE STAND-FORMING, TUFTED BUNCHGRASS, SOD-FORMING, CLOSE GROUND COVER, SHALLOW ROOTED
Hardiness:
GRAZING TOLERANT, FIRE TOLERANT
Vegetative Growth Period:
APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP
Flowering Period:
MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT
Fruiting Period:
JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT
Soil Moisture:
WIDE PERMEABILITY AND SATURATION RANGE
Soil Texture:
TOLERANT TO CLAYEY SOILS, TOLERANT TO LOAMY SOILS, TOLERANT TO SANDY SOILS
Soil Fertility:
HIGH SOIL FERTILITY
Parent Material:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE RANGE
Soil pH:
SLIGHTLY ACIDIC
Optimum pH:
UNKNOWN
Soil Depth:
MODERATELY DEEP SOIL (12 - 36 IN.)
Salinity:
OBLIGATE TO NON-SALINE (FRESH) SOIL/WATER CONDITIONS
Short-term Biomass:
MEDIUM
Short-term Pest:
LOW
Long-term Biomass:
MEDIUM
Long-term Pest:
LOW
Dominance Characteristics:
COMPONENT
Honeybee Relations:
POLLINATED WITHOUT BEES, NOT HONEY PRODUCING
Parasite Host Potential:
UNKNOWN
Food for Wildlife/Livestock:
LARGE MAMMALS, UPLAND GAME BIRDS, NONGAME BIRDS
Small Mammal Food:
FAIR
Large Mammal Food:
GOOD
Upland Game Birds Food:
EXCELLENT
Waterfowl Food:
FAIR
Nongame Birds Food:
EXCELLENT
Small Mammal Cover:
GOOD
Large Mammal Cover:
FAIR
Upland Game Birds Cover:
FAIR
Waterfowl Cover:
FAIR
Nongame Birds Cover:
FAIR
Toxicity Potential:
NONE KNOWN
Toxicity Season:
Effectiveness Period:
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM
Raindrop Impact:
HIGH
Erosion Hardiness:
HIGH
Ease of Propagation:
HIGH
Soil Binding:
HIGH
Soil Enrichment Potential:
UNKNOWN
Nitrogen Fixation Potential:
LOW
Growth Inhibitor Production:
UNKNOWN
Source Availability:
UNKNOWN
Seed Germination Ratio:
LOW
Reproduction:
SEEDS, STOLONS, RHIZOMES, TILLERS
Seed Dispersal Success Potential:
GRAVITY
Seed Establishment Success Potential:
HIGH
Cuttings Establishment Success Potential:
LOW
Transplanting Establishment Success Potential:
MEDIUM
Establishment Time Interval:
2 TO 3 YEARS
Recommended Establishment:
SEEDS
Relative Expense:
INEXPENSIVE
Notes:
- Forms a dense mat of long, tough stolons (runners) that may grow several
feet; thus, an excellent erosion control grass in waterways and for stream
bank erosion.
- Can be established from seed or sod.
Associated Species:
AGRAITO
BEAKED PANICUM
COMMON
REED
GUM BUMELIA
JUNIPER
SPP.
LOTEBUSH
OAK,
ESCARPMENT LIVE
PASPALUM,
BROWNSEED
PASPALUM,
FLORIDA
PRAIRIE
CORDGRASS
PURPLETOP
SWAMP SMARTWEED
SWITCHGRASS
VIRGINIA WILDRYE