G96-1297 Buffalograss: An Alternative Native Grass for Turf (Revised October 1998)

Authors

Terrance P. Riordan, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Frederick P. Baxendale, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Roch E. Gaussoin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
John E. Watkins, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1996

Comments

© 1996, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

This NebGuide discusses the benefits of buffalograss turf plantings.

Buffalograss (Buchloë dactyloides) is a native grass species which has prospered on the Great Plains for centuries. Both cyclic and prolonged droughts have allowed it to evolve water use efficiency and sod forming ability. People are using this short, fine-leaved prairie grass as an ecologically sound and energy efficient turf.