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Switchgrass

Switchgrass

LATIN NAME
Panicum Virgatum

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • Tall, robust, bunchgrass and is an important grass of the “True Prairies”.
  • Seedhead is a large open panicle that opens with seeds borne on the tips of the branches.
  • Large, flat leaves have a triangular patch of hair near the base.
  • Strongly rhizomatous.
  • The ligule is a dense ring of hairs.
  • Forage value is good until the plant matures; all kinds of birds eat the seed.
  •  It is adapted to sandy soils of Texas, and the wet, acid soils of east Texas.
  •  It will grow in loams and clay loam soils if the water relationship is good.
  • Tolerates flooding for short periods.

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