Texas Hill Country Native Grasses

He is the director of land conservation at hill country conservancy and recently completed a six year tenure as a board member for the texas land trust council.

Texas hill country native grasses.

Grasses of the texas hill country by brian and shirley loflin lists about 75 grasses. When the hill country was settled by european man in the mid 1800s it was maintained as a grassland savannah largely by grazing habits of bison and antelope as well as by frequent natural and man made fires. Hill country vegetation background. Texas bluegrass is the result of crossing kentucky bluegrass with native texas bluegrass.

The book common texas grasses by frank gould lists his version of the most common grasses statewide and he lists about 150 grasses. This publication will introduce you to the amazing variety of native and introduced grasses in texas. Hill country central coast. I am trying to decide on a grass for our new home in the hill country of texas pipe creek.

But the new bible of texas grasses guide to texas grasses by robert shaw lists some 750 grasses. Hathor posted 29 august 2003 13 50. Ornamental grasses dwarf pampas grass chinese silver grass annual fountain grass perennial fountain grass and more. Know your grasses b 182 grasses are one of texas most valuable natural resources.

To improve the success of a project we recommend planting seed that was sourced from a similar eco region because the plant has spent thousands of years to. Frank davis grew up in texas and came to austin in 1997 where he fell in love with the parks and natural areas of the texas hill country. Its appearance is much like kentucky bluegrass but it is tolerant of texas heat and sun and can stay green throughout the year. The principal characters used features of longevity growth form roots rhizomes and stolons culms leaf sheaths collars auricles ligules leaf blades vernation vestiture and habitat are discussed and illustrated.

Grasses lawns pdf buffalograss bermudagrass zoysiagrass texas bluegrass tall fescue and more. It needs less irrigation than tall fescue and performs best in lawns with little traffic. We are landscaping with primarily native plants and will only have a small approx 2000sqft grass area for our small dog to use as his business area. Plants are arranged alphabetically by common name with scientific names given for clarity and reference.

Identification of 66 genera and 160 grass species both native and naturalized of the texas hill country.