Tobosa Grass
Pleuraphis mutica
Tobosa grass is a rugged, rhizomatous Southwestern grass of clay flats and swales, drought-proof forage and cover that greens up fast after summer rains.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2.3–2.3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, NM, OK, TX