Blue Grama Grass
It is most commonly found from Alberta east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains Great Plains and Midwest states to Mexico.
Blue grama grass. Blue Grama is well-known as being a drought-tolerant clump-forming native grass. The blue grama Bouteloua gracilis is a low-growing six-to- 12-inch-tall warm season perennial sod or bunch grassIts seed stalks with two comb-like purplish spikes on each side occasionally grow as high as four feet. Blue grama is a major warm season grass found throughout the Great Plains.
It is found on the plains prairies and foothills of most western states. Blue Grama is best used in regions where the average annual precipitation doesnt exceed 25 annually making it a good choice for the western half of the US. Used for erosion control browsing and as decorative plant.
The leaves are 2 to 7 inches long and 03 to 08 inches wide. In California it is found primarily in arid mountains of San Bernardino Counties. In mild Mediterranean climates Blue Grama Grass can be seeded in December and January but growth will be.
Low-growing and compact Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama is a densely tufted warm season ornamental grass noted for its intriguing inflorescences resembling tiny brushes. It is native to the short and tall grass prairies and makes up 75 to 90 of the grasses found there. Bouteloua gracilis Blonde Ambition Blue Grama is a densely tufted warm season ornamental grass noted for its intriguing inflorescences resembling tiny brushes.
Suspended horizontally from only one side of the flowering stems the flowers are red tinted at first before they bleach to a. Has gray - green basal leaves and grows in bunches in the south but as a sod-former in the north in colder. Blue Grama has gray-green foliage that slightly curls with tiny hairs hiding under the leaves.
Bouteloua gracilis is drought tolerant largely free of pests and diseases and is not bothered by deer. They are leafy at the base. While the vast North American prairie in its original state may be lost to us we are fortunate that a beautiful tawny prairie grass Bouteloua gracilis blue grama or mosquito grass has survived.