Bouteloua dactyloides

For other uses, see Buffalo grass.

Bouteloua dactyloides
Bouteloua dactyloides with pollen flowers Carter County, Montana

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bouteloua
Species:
B. dactyloides
Binomial name
Bouteloua dactyloides
(Nutt.) Columbus 1999
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Anthephora axilliflora Steud. (1854)
    • Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. (1859)
    • Bouteloua mutica Griseb. ex E.Fourn. (1886)
    • Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. (1819)
    • Calanthera dactyloides (Nutt.) Kunth (1856)
    • Casiostega hookeri Rupr. ex E.Fourn. (1876)
    • Casiostega humilis Rupr. ex Munro (1857)
    • Casiostega dactyloides (Nutt.) E.Fourn. (1876)
    • Melica mexicana Link ex E.Fourn. (1886)
    • Sesleria dactyloides Nutt. (1818)

Bouteloua dactyloides, commonly known as buffalograss or buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a short grass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue grama (B. gracilis) over most of the shortgrass prairie. Buffalo grass in North America is not the same species of grass commonly known as "buffalo" in Australia.

Buffalograss is valued both as a forage species to feed domesticated animals and as a landscaping plant used in low water lawns and xeriscaping. Because its plants tend to have a single sex, many cultivars without pollen have been produced for use in lawns. It recovers quickly from grazing and from drought due to its ability to vegetatively reproduce itself by means of runners.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Buchloe dactyloides". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 February 2024.