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buffalo grass, low perennial grass (Buchloe dactyloides) of the plains regions, one of the most important range grasses. Its dense matted growth is valuable also in erosion control. Buffalo grass usually grows together with the grama, or mesquite, grasses (genus Bouteloua), especially blue grama and side-oats grama. These taller grasses have the same distribution as buffalo grass, but none of them produce a continuous sod, as prairie grasses do. Buffalo grass is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Gramineae. |
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| Native to the high plains, buffalo grass is extremely drought tolerant, requires little fertilization and only occasional mowing. Buffalo grass, cacti, succulents, and hardy indigenous flowers, shrubs, and trees that can survive on rainfall alone put no stress on city water departments or water tables. Ever committed to sustaining the "come-down-to-my-house-feel" of her flagship Mustards Grill in Yountville, Pawlcyn began the new look of Go Fish at the Main Street sidewalk where she's installing a grove of apple trees and the buffalo grass she sees from the kitchen window of her nearby home. |
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