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Sporobolus airoides

Authority (Torrey) Torrey Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 10017

Notes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION A pale green, erect, coarse, tufted grass up to 40-180 cm tall growing in large dense culmps. The leaves are firm and fibrous, up to 50 cm long and 5 mm wide. USES It is grown as a forage crop for horses and cattle but not for sheep and makes a fair-quality hay when cut during the bloom stage. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. COMMON NAMES Alkali sacaton. FURTHER INF Alkali sacaton can be found at elevations from 800 to 2000 m in Arizona and is common on bottom lands and flats, sandy plateaux and washes. It is widespread in the western United States and northern Mexico.
Sources
Grassland Index Skerman P 1990 pp 701 [TEXT, DRA, PH, SAL, TEMP, USE] Duke J 1979 pp 96 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Roecklein J 1987 pp 135 [USE] Goodin J 1990 pp 20