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Bouteloua breviseta

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Bouteloua breviseta

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bouteloua
Species:
B. breviseta
Binomial name
Bouteloua breviseta

Bouteloua breviseta is a species of grass known by the common names gypsum grama and chino grama.

Distribution

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It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, in New Mexico and Texas in the United States and Chihuahua on the northern Mexican Plateau in Mexico.[1]

Description

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Bouteloua breviseta is a perennial grass that is sometimes rhizomatous. The stems are tough at the bases and grow up to 40 centimeters tall. The leaf blades are generally just a few centimeters long.

The inflorescence is 2 to 4 centimeters long and may have branches.[1] The grass mainly reproduces by budding, and sometimes by seed.[2]

Uses

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This grass is used for grazing and it may be added to a hay mix. It does not stand up to overgrazing, but it is adaptable to poor conditions and it can take hold where other grasses cannot grow.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouteloua breviseta. Archived June 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
  2. ^ a b Bouteloua breviseta. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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