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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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