Buchloe dactyloides
buffalograss, buffalo grass
Family
Poaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Type
simple
Growth Form
graminoid
Flower Month
April - November
Height (meters)
0.0 - 0.2
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACU
Field Characters
Sometimes confused with curly mesquite grass which also forms close sod in calcerous prairies. Curly mesquite grass has auricled ligules and its blades are usually not papillose-pilose.
Animal Use
It is eaten by all classes of livestock. Rated only as fair forage because of low production. Seeds eaten by birds and rodents.
Habitat
Abundantly in black calcareous clay loam, in prairies, and along roadsides.
Plant Uses
Used as a lawn grass.