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Erioneuron pulchellum Perennial, warm, native, poor grazing for wildlife and livestock. 2-6" tall, low tufted grass with slender rough stems consisting of 1 long internode that bears a fascile of narrow leaves that takes root and produces a separate plant. The leaves are short, rough and sharp-pointed. The panicle usually does not exceed the length of the leaves and contains 1-5 nearly sessile large woolly spikelets. The glumes are awned. Fluffgrass grows widely on the more arid range sites of West Texas. Areas 7, 8, 9, 10. |
Erioneuron pilosum Perennial, warm, native, poor grazing for wildlife and livestock. 4-12" tall, with erect, slender, not branched stems. The blades are short, narrow, fuzzy, with a white margin but gray-green in color. The short, dense, club-shaped panicles are purple to white in color. Lemmas and paleas have distinct fuzzy, soft, white hair. Grows on dry, gravelly soil and invades over- grazed areas. Areas 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
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Created: August 15, 1996
Updated: May 23, 1997