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Buchloe dactyloides

Authority (Nutt.) Engelm. Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names antofora, buffalo grass, sesleria Editor Ecocrop code 3961

Notes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION A low growing grass spreading by numerous stolons and forming a dense sod. USES Used as a forage grass and as ground cover. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. It furnishes excellent forage year-round. COMMON NAMES Buffalo grass. FURTHER INF It provides good cover for exposed dry banks.
Sources
SOURCES (B. dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.) Heath M 1985 pp 181 [TEXT, DRA, USE] Roecklein J 1987 pp 146 [USE, DRA, LIG] Duke J 1979 pp 94 [PH, RAIN, TEMP]