Introduced & Native Perennial & Annual Warm Season Grasses

Warm season perennial grasses are normally used for permanent or semi-permanent pastures, or hay production. There are two categories of warm season perennial grass; Native or Improved (introduced) varieties. Native varieties refer to those plants that originated from a specific area and at some point in time the dominant range or pasture forage. Introduced species are those species which were introduced into an area, from a different origin. Many introduced species have become well acclimated to a specific area and are considered naturalized species. The term annual refers to a plant that completes its life cycle within one year, perennial refers to a plant that lives for many years. Or it could be said that these grasses with proper management are permanent.

Introduced Grasses Bermudagrass, Comanche Bermudagrass , Common Bermudagrass, Giant Buffelgrass, Common Buffelgrass, Pecos Brand Buffelgrass, Laredo Brand Kleingrass, Select 75 Kleingrass, Verde WW-B Dahl Bluestem T-587 Old World Bluestem Medio Bluestem Rhodesgrass, Bell Sorghum Almum Johnsongrass

Native Grasses Bristlegrass, Plains Lovegrass, Wilman Sideoats Grama Sprangletop, Green Switchgrass, Alamo Indiangrass Blue Panic Grass Native Gamagrass Texas Panicum