| Warm-Season Perennial Grasses |
Seeding Rate lbs PLS/A |
Soil Texture1 |
Estimated Seed Cost $/A |
Estimated DM Production/A |
Remarks: |
Possible Disorders2 |
Regions Adapted3 |
| Native |
Big Bluestem
 Big Bluestem |
6.0 |
s.l. or c.l. |
72 |
4000-6000 |
|
N |
1-6 |
Little Bluestem
 Little Bluestem |
3.5 |
s.l. or c.l. |
40 |
2500-3000 |
|
N |
3-9 |
Eastern Gamagrass
 Eastern Gamagrass |
10.0 |
loam |
80 |
6000-8000 |
|
N |
1-8 |
Indiangrass
 Indiangrass |
4.5 |
s.l. or c.l. |
45 |
4000-5000 |
|
N |
1-6 |
Sideoats Grama
 Sideoats Grama |
4.5 |
s.l. or c.l. |
65 |
2500-3000 |
|
N |
3-9 |
Switchgrass
 Switchgrass |
2.0 |
s.l. or c.l. |
16 |
5000-8000 |
|
N |
1-8 |
| Introduced |
Bahiagrass
 Bahiagrass |
20 |
s.l. |
20 |
3000-6000 |
|
1 |
1-3 |
Buffelgrass
 Buffelgrass |
3.5 hulled
12.0 unhulled |
s.l. or c.l. |
70 |
5000-8000 |
|
N |
6-7 |
Bermudagrass seeds
 Bermudagrass seeds |
6-8 |
s.l. |
30-40 |
5000-8000 |
|
1 |
1-8 |
Bermudagrass sprigs
 Bermudagrass sprigs |
15-20 bu/A |
s.l. |
40-80 |
6000-12000 |
|
1 |
1-7 |
Dallisgrass
 Dallisgrass |
15 |
c.l. |
25 |
3000-6000 |
|
1 |
1-4 |
Johnsongrass
 Johnsongrass |
25 |
s.l or c.l. |
30 |
5000-8000 |
|
2,3,4 |
1-9 |
Kleingrass
 Kleingrass |
2.0 |
s.l or c.l. |
12 |
4000-8000 |
|
5 |
3-8 |
Lovegrass
 Lovegrass |
2.0 |
s.l. |
15 |
3500-8000 |
|
N |
5-9 |
Old World Bluestem
 Old World Bluestem |
2.0 |
l. or c.l |
30 |
4000-8000 |
|
N |
3-8 |
1 c.l.=clay loam; s.l.=sandy loam
2 1= ergot poisoning or staggers; 2= prussiac acid poisoning; 3= nitrate NO 3 accumulation; 4= interstitial cystitis; 5= photosensitization; 6= fescue toxicosis; and 7= grass tetany
3 1=Pineywoods; 2=Gulf Prairies; 3=Post Oak Savannah; 4=Blackland Prairies; 5=Cross Timber and Prairies;
6=South & Texas Plains; 7=Edwards Plateau; 8=Rolling Plains; 9=High Plains; and 10=Trans-Pecos |
