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Grazing Grasses<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

NATIVE GRASSES<\/font><\/h1>\n

\nWhen I\u2019m asked about the best pastures grasses for the south and much of the rest of the country, the first and most important answer is the big six: Little and big bluestem, Indiangrass, Eastern gamma, switchgrass and side oats grama. When planting any of these native grasses, broadcasting shredded native tree trimmings first will pay great dividends.<\/p>\n

\nHere is an expanded list with those and others that should also be considered.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
COMMON NAME<\/td>\nSCIENTIFIC NAME<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Bluestem <\/td>\nAndropogon gerardii<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Grama<\/td>\nBouteloua gracilis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bushy Bluestem<\/td>\nAndropogon glomeratus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Gamma<\/td>\nTripsacum dactyloides<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Bluestem<\/td>\nSchizachyrium scoparium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiangrass <\/td>\nSorghastrum nutans<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sand Lovegrass<\/td>\nEragrostis trichodes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sea-oats<\/a><\/td>\nUniola paniculata<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Longspike Silver Bluestem <\/td>\nBothriochioa saccharoides <\/em>var. longipaniculata<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sideoats Grama<\/td>\nBouteloua curtipendula<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Switchgrass<\/td>\nPanicum virgatum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coastal Muhly<\/td>\nMuhlenbergia filipes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lindheimer\u2019s Muhly<\/td>\nMuhlenbergia lindheimeri<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada Wildrye<\/td>\nElymus canadensis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas Bluegrass<\/a><\/td>\nPoa arachnifera<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inland Sea oats<\/a><\/td>\nChaemanthium latifolium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\nBig Bluestem, photo by Matt Lavin, CC-BY-SA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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