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Item #2012
Bushy Bluestem  Andropogon glomeratus	
	
	
	
	
Found throughout southern US from Florida to California, up thru eastern seaboard and mid-
west. Seen mostly in moist low lying areas in western regions, can tolerate a wide variety of 
soil types as long as the soil is moist (we’ve seen it growing out of cracks in solid limestone 
when moisture is available). In the fall, turns a brilliant copper color, so is often used for 
ornamental plantings. Excellent food source for a wide variety of native birds and wildlife.  
A must for any water’s edge.	
	
	
	
                    Open Space: 1.5 lbs / acre
Height: 2–4’	
	
Lawn & Garden 1 lb / 7,500 sf
	
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Medium-Moist
400 sf
D-pak $34
Cane Bluestem  Bothriochloa barbinodis	 	
	
	
	
This hardy perennial grass can tolerate the worst of growing conditions. Especially well 
suited to erosion control plantings in the most challenging places. One of the few grasses that 
thrive in rocky and dry or depleted soils. Makes for great planting in recently cleared cedar 
breaks, where many other grasses will not grow. We got our genetic start from transplanting 
roots out of a caliche parking lot in downtown Junction.
	
	
	
	
	
	
        	
                       Open Space: 2 lbs / acre
  Height: 1–3’	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 10,000 sf 
Item #2026
	
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Dry-Moist
10,000 sf
1 lb $189
400 sf
D-pak $22
Item #2011
Eastern Gamagrass  Tripsacum dactyloides	 	
	
              
Most productive, nutritious forage grass on the planet. Grows in dense clumps and can be 
used as a buffer or screen. Seed must be exposed to cold, moist conditions before sprouting in 
the spring. An ancestor of corn, with intriguing pollination and seed-bearing parts that break 
at the joints when mature. Good larval food source for butterflies, provides cover and food 
for turkeys and other game birds. Cattle nearly grazed this highly palatable forage grass to 
extinction. Now you can help bring it back again. Live roots p. 77
	
	
Open Space: 25 lbs / acre
Height: 3–6’	
	
                                      Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 500 sf
	
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25+ lbs $34.20 / lb
500 sf
1 lb $36
50 sf
D-pak $19
Curly Mesquite  Hilaria belangeri	
	
	
	
	
Highly drought tolerant native can grow on as little as 5 in. of rainfall a year. Found from 
central Texas to Old Mexico and Arizona. Forms stolens and runners, excellent for dry 
soils that are difficult to vegetate. Best in full sun. A great source of forage for wildlife and 
livestock. Can be used in combination with other short-grass natives such as Buffalograss and 
Blue Grama for a fantastic low-maintenance turf grass in arid areas of the southwest US and 
northern Mexico. Also see Thunder Turf p. 70                                       Open Space: 6 lbs / acre
Height: 6–12”	
	
Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 2,500 sf 
Item # 2045
	
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Dry-Medium
100 sf
D-pak $29

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