Buffalo Grass
Buchloe dactyloides
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
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.
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