Black grama is a native, warm-season, stoloniferous perennial grass. The height is between 10 and 20 inches. The leaf blade is narrow and rolls inward during dry periods, giving it a threadlike appearance. The leaf sheath is short and clasps the stem tightly. The ligule is a ring of short hairs.
Plants of Texas Rangelands » Black Grama
The Black Grama’s most distinctive features are its stolons, woolly internodes, and spikelets which appear black from a distance. The weak, crooked, slender, woolly stems often take root at the swollen, fuzzy joints. A plant has about six to nine densely woolly-pubescent stolons.
Bouteloua eriopoda - Wikipedia
Bouteloua eriopoda, commonly known as black grama, is a perennial prairie grass that is native to the Southwestern United States. Its main means of reproduction is by stolons, as its ratio of viable seeds to sterile ones is naturally low.
Description. ‘Nogal’ black grama is a native, long-lived, warm-season, low-growing, stoloniferous range grass. It attains a height of 61 cm (24 inches) in irrigated seed production blocks. The plants are less erect than 'Sonora' black grama. Stems range from upright to decumbent.
Black Grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) - iNaturalist
Bouteloua eriopoda, commonly known as black grama, is a perennial prairie grass that is native to the Southwestern United States. Its main means of reproduction is by stolons, as its ratio of viable seeds to sterile ones is naturally low.
Species: Bouteloua eriopoda - US Forest Service
Black grama is a principal grass of Arizona chaparral [64]. Within Arizona chaparral, black grama inhabits those areas where chaparral borders on semidesert grassland. Common associates include hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), sideoats grama (B. curtipendula), and threeawns [23].
Black grama
Black grama. Bouteloua eriopoda is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America. California Rare Plant Rank: 4.2 (limited distribution). D J J J A S O N A F M M. Bloom Period. Photos on Calflora. Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland.
Black grama occurs on rocky or sandy mesas and dry, open ground with well-drained sandy and gravelly soils. It is rarely found on clay loams or adobe flats, preferring sandy but firm soils. Black grama occurs in both seral and late-successional communities. Confidence in Rank High • Dorn 2001 • Gould 1979 • Great Plains Flora Assoc. 1986
Black Grama - calscape.org
Bouteloua eriopoda, commonly known as Black Grama, is a perennial prairie grass that is native to the Southwestern United States. Its main means of reproduction is by stolons, as its ratio of viable seeds to sterile ones is naturally low.
Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands - New Mexico State University
Black grama is a native, warm-season, perennial grass 10-20 inches tall. It has crooked wooly stems with narrow leaves, less than 1/8 inch wide, inrolled and wavy. Seedheads are similar to blue grama, except narrower. One of the region's most valuable and nutritious grasses.