Index / Search / Bouteloua dactyloides
§1 Plant
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) J.T. Columbus
vernacular buffalograss — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Bouteloua
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 412 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 145 min.
- Precipitation
- 7–32 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.5–8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 0.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 335,360
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 412 counties across 23 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 91 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Dundy 31057
- Fillmore 31059
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Phelps 31137
- Pierce 31139
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Bowman 38011
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Oliver 38065
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
Oklahoma view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Creek 40037
- Dewey 40043
- Ellis 40045
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Kingfisher 40073
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- Murray 40099
- Nowata 40105
- Osage 40113
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Roger Mills 40129
- Rogers 40131
- Texas 40139
- Wagoner 40145
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
South Dakota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 109 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Armstrong 48011
- Atascosa 48013
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Clay 48077
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Coryell 48099
- Crockett 48105
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Falls 48145
- Fayette 48149
- Floyd 48153
- Freestone 48161
- Frio 48163
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hale 48189
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hill 48217
- Hood 48221
- Irion 48235
- Jack 48237
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kleberg 48273
- Knox 48275
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- Maverick 48323
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Nueces 48355
- Oldham 48359
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- San Patricio 48409
- Scurry 48415
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Stonewall 48433
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Throckmorton 48447
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wharton 48481
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Winkler 48495
- Young 48503
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BODA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5677204 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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