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Item #2056
Arizona Cottontop  Digitaria californica	
	
	
	
	
Rapidly establishes from seed. Very drought tolerant. White delicate cottontop seedheads 
offer beautiful display in mass plantings. Arizona Cottontop is grazed by cattle, horses, and 
sometimes by sheep and goats. It is most palatable when green. It cures well on the stem and 
provides dry forage for cattle. Beneficial qualities for wildlife including pronghorn antelope, 
mule deer, desert cottontail, whitethroat woodrat, javalina, scaled quail and many songbirds.
Live roots available on p. 77	
	
	
Open Space: 2 lbs / acre
Height: 1–3’	
	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 10,000 sf
	
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Dry-Medium
25+ lbs $94.05 / lb
10,000 sf
1 lb $99
200 sf
D-pak $19
Alkali Sacaton  Sporobolus airoides	
	
	
	
This large warm-season perennial bunch grass is a great addition to seedings in arid or semi-
arid regions of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Alkali Sacaton is highly drought tolerant and 
requires low moisture levels. Great for stabilizing disturbed areas. It has a high salt tolerance 
and works well in restoring oil well pits. Source of food for wildlife. Survives on as little as 
12" precipitation per year. 
	
	
Open Space: 0.5 lbs / acre
Height: 2–4’	
	
                                              Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 25,000 sf
	
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 Medium-Dry
Item #2052
© Sally & Andy Wasowski
25+ lbs $34.20 / lb
25,000 sf
1 lb $36
1,500 sf
D-pak $19
Big Bluestem  Andropogon gerardii	
	
	
	
	
	
This 2-4 foot tall grass puts out a “turkey-foot” shaped seedhead to add an extra 2 feet to its 
height in the fall. The resulting 6-foot plant lives up to its reputation as “king of the prairie.” 
Big Bluestem thrives in deep soils 150 miles east and west of I-35 from the Gulf of Mexico to 
Canada. Forms a circular clump and sends roots down as deep as 12 feet into the soil. Like an 
ancient sequoia tree, 30' diameter colonies have been seen. Live roots available on p. 77.
Open Space:  8 lbs / acre
Height: 3–6’  w/seedhead	
	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 2,500 sf
	
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Dry-Moist
Item #2002
25+ lbs $18.05 / lb
2,500 sf
1 lb $19
150 sf
D-pak $12

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