| Bouteloua dactyloides | |
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| Bouteloua dactyloides with pollen flowers Carter County, Montana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Bouteloua |
| Species: | B. dactyloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus 1999
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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.
- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Buchloe dactyloides". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 February 2024.