Bouteloua breviseta

Bouteloua breviseta is a species of grass known by the common names gypsum grama and chino grama.

Bouteloua breviseta

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bouteloua
Species:
B. breviseta
Binomial name
Bouteloua breviseta

Distribution

It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, in New Mexico and Texas in the United States and Chihuahua on the northern Mexican Plateau in Mexico.[1]

Description

Bouteloua breviseta is a perennial grass that is sometimes rhizomatous. The stems are tough at the bases and grow up to 40 centimeters tall. The leaf blades are generally just a few centimeters long.

The inflorescence is 2 to 4 centimeters long and may have branches.[1] The grass mainly reproduces by budding, and sometimes by seed.[2]

Uses

This grass is used for grazing and it may be added to a hay mix. It does not stand up to overgrazing, but it is adaptable to poor conditions and it can take hold where other grasses cannot grow.[2]

References
  1. Bouteloua breviseta. Archived June 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
  2. Bouteloua breviseta. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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