Black Grama
Bouteloua eriopoda
Black grama is a fine, wiry desert grassland grass that spreads by arching stolons, a backbone of Southwestern rangeland. Exceptionally drought-tolerant forage and cover.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- brown, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, TX, UT