Buffalo Grass (2)

Buffalo Grass
Buchloe dactyloides

Family: Grass (Poaceae)
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Photo taken on: September 6, 2011
Location: White Rock, NM
Life Zones: Plains and foothills
Habitat: Dry places, prairies, lawns

Grows to 5" with long runners that form a dense sod. Leaves are flat and grayish. Buffalo Grass is drought, heat and cold tolerant and is used as a lawn grass.

Male and female flowers are on separate plants.

Male flowers (on the right) grow to 8" and are like flags on the stem. Female flowers are bur-like and grow low in the grass.

False Buffalo Grass
Munroa squarrosa

Family: Grass (Poaceae)
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Photo taken on: September 15, 2011
Location: White Rock, NM
Life Zones: Plains and foothills
Habitat: Dry open areas, disturbed soil

Grows in a mat with flowers hidden in the leaves. It has wiry runners with clusters of short spiky leaves at the nodes.