Brownseed paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
Poaceae
Description
This grass has purplish, compressed culms and sheaths. It resembles dallisgrass, but the blades are much narrower, the racemes shorter, and the fruit is not covered with silky hairs. The spikelets are gray-green, having a shiny dark brown or gold ring when ripe. Can be a co-dominant grass with little bluestem.
Brownseed paspalum is a perennial, warm-season, native - 18 to 36 inches tall.
Fair grazing for livestock and wildlife.
Habitat
Grows in savannahs in moist sandy, sandy loam or clay soil.
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Stem Texture: Hairless/Smooth
Growth Habit: Bunch grass, Grasses
Season: Warm
Distribution
: 01 - Pineywoods, 02 - Gulf Prairies and Marshes, 03 - Post Oak Savannah, 04 - Blackland Prairies, 06 - South Texas Plains, 07 - Edwards Plateau
Distributions
Distribution refers to the ecological region in Texas that a plant has been found. You can also view a clickable map.
Book: Know Your Grasses (B-182)
Collection: Grasses
