Bouteloua breviseta
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
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Binomial name | |
Bouteloua breviseta |
Bouteloua breviseta is a species of grass known by the common names gypsum grama and chino grama.
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bouteloua breviseta. Archived June 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bouteloua breviseta. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
External links[]
- NatureServe secure species
- Bouteloua
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of Chihuahua (state)
- Flora of New Mexico
- Native grasses of Texas
- Natural history of the Mexican Plateau
- Plants described in 1890