Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
Texas bluegrass is a rhizomatous, cool-season native bluegrass that stays green through mild winters, valued for cover and forage on the southern plains.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, KS, MS, NC, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX