Location: Traditional Design

 Names:

• Common Name: Buffalo Grass
• Botanical Name: Bouteloua dactyloides

Description: Buffalograss is a soft, gray-green or blue-green, perennial turf grass which grows 3-12 inches if left unmowed and spreads by rhizomes. This long-lived, warm-season, sod-forming grass has curly leaf blades, slender stems, and compact seed heads.

Best Growing Conditions: Full Sun; Low to Medium Water Demand; Well-drained loam, clay, caliche, or limestone; NO sand; High Drought Tolerance

Landscape Use: Foliage provides winter browse for mammals; Seeds and leaves are food and nesting material for birds

 Wildlife Value: Butterflies; Birds