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Texas bluegrass

Poa arachnifera

Texas bluegrass is a native perennial grass of the southern Great Plains and south-central US, prized for drought tolerance and for forming turf in dry, low-input lawns and pastures. It grows best in full sun with little water once established.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; it tolerates drought well.
Soil
Tolerates a wide range of soils, including poor, sandy or clay soils, provided drainage is adequate.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters and hot summers typical of its native range; protect young plants from prolonged freezing.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
C. & SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Poa arachnifera, the Texas bluegrass, is a species of grass. It is a dioecious perennial plant, native to the southern Great Plains of the United States.

Other Poa plants

Annual Meadow Grass · Arctic bluegrass · Fowl bluegrass · Smooth Meadow-grass · Sandberg bluegrass · Bluegrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa arachnifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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