Galleta (Hilaria Jamesii)

Galleta, a native, warm season, perennial, dull blue green in color is used for forage and reclamation. It is an abundant forage producer reaching heights of one to two feet tall. 

The grass spreads by rhizomes as well as seed. The woody rootstock increases Galleta's effectiveness as a sod former and also helps it to withstand heavy grazing and trampling.   
  
Galleta grows well in areas with as little as 8 inches of annual precipitation. This important grass is used usually in blends with other native grasses for soil stabilization of critical areas. It aids greatly in reclamation of mine spoil areas, pipeline and highway right of way, and other disturbed areas, particularly in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. It is also used in Western Texas, Wyoming, Nevada, and California.

"Viva" is the most widely used named variety. The seed are very chaffy and are best sown with a chaffy grass drill at a rate of 4 to 6 pure live seed pounds per acre.