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Description Growth habit: A large, coarse, almost woody, perennial
bunchgrass, 1 to 3 feet tall. Stems are woolly at the base. Occurrence On deserts, plains, sand dunes and rocky hillsides in
Mohave, Yavapai, Pinal, Maricopa, and Yuma counties up to an elevation
of 4,000 feet. This plant grows mostly on clay soils that receive extra
runoff during the summer rains. It may be common also on sand dunes
in the hot, dry southwest corner of the state. Forage Value Big galleta makes fair forage for large grazing animals
when actively growing. When dry it is rarely grazed.
Ranges where this grass provides most of the forage should usually be grazed during the early spring and summer months while the plants are growing. As it occurs rather extensively in the western part of the state where winter rainfall usually exceeds summer rainfall, it may make most of its growth in these areas in the spring.
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