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Seedheads V-Bar-V Ranch		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Bouteloua dactyloides - buffalograss Synonyms: Buchloe dactyloides, Bulbilis dactyloides, Sesleria dactyloides Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae
Seedheads V-Bar-V Ranch


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Warm Habitat Description: Dry sandy limestone soils. Often used as a substitute for turf grasses. Wide spread in the plains, rare in Arizona but found in Coconino and Yavapai counties. Plant Communities:Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland Elevation: Below 5500 feet Similar Species: Hilaria berlangeri General Description Desc: Strongly stoloniferous grass, sometimes sod-forming, 4 to 6 inches high. Male and female flowers usually borne on separate plants. Male seedheads have 2 or 3 comb-like branches. Female seedheads much shorter than male. Identification Notes: Perennial, slender and erect stems, may form mats, usually male and female plants. Female seedheads shorter than male, spikelets bur-like. Male spikelets 1/8 inch long in two rows on one side of the seedhead axis, 1 to 3 branches per seedhead. Grass Type: Perennial mat or sod-forming Rhizomes: N Stolons: Y Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: Less than 12 inches Seedhead Structure: Unbranched Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: Jun - Oct Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: Y Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: Y Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Male seedheads are erect with 2 or 3 side branches bearing 2-flowered spikelets in two rows. Female spikelets are 1-flowered burs on short stems, partially hidden among the leaves. Florets are unawned or very short awned. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat Blade Notes: Leaves are flat with inrolled tips, <6 inches long and 1/8 inch wide, grayish-green or bluish-green in color, smooth without hairs or sparsely soft-hairy. Sheath Hairy: Y Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: Y Ligules: Membranous and hairy Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Buffalograss is utilized by all classes of livestock and wildlife. It is considered good quality forage and nutritional qualities do not decline significantly during curing.


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