Buffelgrass
Pennisetum ciliare
Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) is a perennial grass native to southern US states (such as Texas, Arizona, and Florida) and has also been successfully introduced across North America as a non-invasive forage grass that can thrive in USDA Zones 8–11. Reaching a mature height of 1.5–4 feet with a dense, heavy-crowned bunching growth habit, it features coarse, bluish-green leaf blades and produces thick, bristly, yellowish to purplish cylindrical seed heads. It thrives in warm, drought-prone sandy to loamy soils and is ideal for hot-climate pasture grazing, arid land revegetation, and soil stabilization.
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