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Buffalo Grass
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low perennial grass (Buchloe dactyloides) of the plains regions, one of the most important range grasses. Its dense matted growth is valuable also in erosion control.
Buffalo grass has both male and female plants. The flower stalks are 4 to 8 inches (10-20 cm) tall The female seed head of buffalo grass grow in clusters of three to five hairy spikelets.
buffalo grass, buffalograss, cape quickgrass, carpet grass, coarse couchgrass, coarse quickgrass, coastal buffalo grass, couchgrass, crabgrass, mission grass, pimento grass, quickgrass, St. Augustine grass, St. Augustinegrass, wiregrass
Family ...
Buffalo grass tolerates prolonged drought and close mowing
It is a fine-leaved grass with a grey-green colour, spreading via stolons
It can be tricky to establish from seed, so is best laid as turf ...
buffalo grass; Dutch grass; para grass Urochloa mutica
buffalobur nightshade Solanum rostratum
Buffel grass Pennisetum ciliare var. ciliare
buffel grass Pennisetum ciliare
bulbous bluegrass Poa bulbosa
bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus ...
Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides)
Bulrush (Scirpus lacustris)
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
Bur oak, English oak, swamp chestnut (Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus robur, Quercus michauxii)
Bur reed (Sparganium ramosum, Sparganium erectum) ...
Legacy Buffalo Grass [English]: Bouteloua dactyloides
Legacy of Beauty Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Legacy Of Beauty'
Legacy of Love Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Legacy Of Love' ...
Buchloe dactyloides (Buffalo Grass)
Calamagrostis acutifolia (Feather Reed Grass)
Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian Woodoats, Bamboo Grass)
Chimonobambusa marmorea (Marbled Bamboo)
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Square-stem Bamboo)
Chusquea coronalis ...
Buchloe dactyloides
Buffalo grass
Gramineae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.
Warm Season Grasses include: Common Bermuda, Hybrid Bermudas, Centepede, Zoysia, St. Augustine, Buffalo Grass, Bahaia. Cool Season Grasses include: Fescues, Perennial Bluegrass, Rye, Bentgrass.
How-tos : Seeding a Lawn ...
Stenotaphrum secundatum. St. Augustine grass, referred to locally as Bermuda crabgrass or buffalo grass. Most common lawn grass in Bermuda.
Stinging nettles. Very similar in size and shape to those in North America. Keep well clear of them.
Form a flowering garden using: African Violet, Bead Plant, Busy Lizzie, Cape Primrose, Cyclamen, Chrysanthemum, Gloxinia and Hydrangea.
For a green plant garden include Aluminium Plant, Asparagus Fern, Buffalo Grass, Croton, Evergreen Euonymus, ...
Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secondatum 'Variegatum') and buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides), which grow by stolons, can colonize large areas.
odorata, from the Latin, "sweet smelling, fragrant; ill smelling"
Common Name, from the distinctive sweet scent
Other common names include: Zebrovka ("the place where bison
graze"), Buffalo Grass, Holy Grass, Vanilla Grass, Feur Moire (Gaelic) ...
 See also: Grass, Green, Grasses, Japonica, Bluegrass
  
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