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Bothriochloa saccharoides var. torreyana Perennial, warm, native, fair grazing for wildlife and livestock, 1 1/2-3 1/2' tall, usually growing from an inclined base with no rhizomes. The leafy bent stems are smooth with white nodes and a fuzzy white terminal panicle with short awned spikelets. Prairie and rocky slopes. Increases in abundance when poor condition ranges are deferred, but is replaced with better grasses as conditions improve. Grazed heaviest during early fall. Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica Perennial, warm, introduced, fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. 18-48" tall bunchgrass with stems arising from almost a flat crown. The light green stems turn up and branch freely and turn a straw color when mature. The leaves are thicker near the collar and the upper surface is covered wtih silky hairs. The stems are naked at the top and each produces a terminal loose seed head. Both the sterile and fertile spikelets are conspicuous with slender, twisted, bent awns, and the branches have fine silky hairs. Areas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. |
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Created: August 15, 1996
Updated: May 23, 1997