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Blue Grama  Bouteloua gracilis	
	
	
	
	
	
Blue Grama is a 3-6 inch short grass that requires just 7 inches of water per year. If left 
unmowed during the flowering period, the grass produces a beautiful 10-inch seed stem. 
Excellent stands can readily be established from seed. Used as a water-conserving grass 
because of its wide adaptation to all soil types, including thin or alkaline soils. Excellent 
lawn grass in sunny areas when combined with Buffalograss or Curly Mesquite. 
Also see Native Sun Turf or Thunder Turf on p. 70.	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Open Space: 4 lbs / acre
Height: 3–6”	
	
	
	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 5,000 sf
	
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Item #2008
300 sf
D-pak $19
Broomsedge Bluestem  Andropogon virginicus	
	
	
Commonly misidentified as Little Bluestem, this native is one of the dominant species in 
savannah prairies in the eastern United States. Like all bluestems, this plant is attractive 
especially when the sunlight hits its fluffy seedheads. Broomsedge has a bad reputation as 
an invader because of mismanagement on overgrazed lands. This characteristic is however 
beneficial for erosion control. Broomsedge makes cover and nesting material for quail, is a 
good food source in winter and is a larval host plant for butterflies such as Zabulon Skipper. 	
	
	
	
	
	
                                                    Open Space: 2 lbs / acre 
Height: 3–6’	
	
	
	
                                        Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 10,000 sf
Item #2019
	
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Dry-Moist
25+ lbs $84.55 / lb
10,000 sf
1 lb $89
350 sf
D-pak $19
Buffalograss  Bouteloua dactyloides	
	
	
	
	
    
A 5-8 inch short, sod-forming grass. Lives on as little as 12 inches of water per year, 
spreading by seed and surface runners. Buffalograss has no natural diseases or pests, does 
not respond to fertilizer, and withstands extreme heat or cold. Found from Minnesota and 
Montana down to Mexico, thriving in all types of soils. The environmentally responsible 
alternative to Bermuda or St. Augustine. Also see Native Sun Turf or Thunder Turf on p. 70.
	
	
	
	
	
	
               	
	
	
	
	
	
                   	
	
	
	
	
	
     Open Space:  22 lbs / acre
Height: 5–8	
                                 	
	
	
       	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 300 sf
Item #2001
	
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25+ lbs $27.55 / lb
300 sf
1 lb $29
50 sf
D-pak $19
Item #2047
Black Grama Bouteloua eriopoda	 	
	
	
	
	
This native grass is found throughout the arid and semi-arid areas of West Texas and into 
California. Extremely tolerant of drought conditions in challenging soil types and thrives on 
as little as 7 inches of rainfall per year. Typically growing up to 6" tall, this important western 
grass species historically served as a primary source of forage and cover for wildlife over an 
extensive range.
	
	
Open Space: 1.5 lbs / acre
	Height: 6” / with seedheads 1–3’	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 10,000 sf
	
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© Paul Cox,
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
150 sf
D-pak $29

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