texas bluegrass

Texas Bluegrass – Plant

LATIN NAME
Poa arachnifera

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Cool

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • An important rhizomatous grass that grows in the cool season.
  • Leaf blades are folded and resemble the keel of a boat at the apex.
  • Seeds are on a narrow congested seedhead.
  • Male and female plants grow separately. Male seedheads are smooth, while female seedheads have hairs.
  • Growth starts in the fall; foliage stays green all winter if moisture is available.
  • Becomes dormant through the hot summer months.
  • Reproduces from seed. The seed produced in the spring germinates in the fall.
  • All livestock readily graze this grass for winter forage.
  • Adapted to sandy and sandy loam soils of grasslands, margins of woods; not in disturbed areas.

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