Seeding rates for native warm-season grass and forb mixtures (NWSG) have changed drastically over time. In the past, native grasses were planted without forbs at rates exceeding 10 lbs/ac. This may be ...

Native grasses play an important role in the world. One that is unseen. These grasses do it all underground with their roots. Native grasses with their deep roots have the capacity to filter water.

During June, at 6,000 feet on the Colorado Plateau, Indian rice grass was dominating the meadows, waving its large, dark seeds in the wind. Indian rice grass, Achnatherum (or Oryzopsis or Stipa) ...

Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...

Prairie dropseed, or Sporobolus heterolepis, is a beautiful and showy grass native to the prairies of Ohio. Its fountain of delicate leaves can add a certain lyrical quality to a garden as they sway ...

Little bluestem, prairie dropseed, Indian grass and other native ornamental grasses are good options for the Kansas landscape because of their drought tolerance, resistance to pests and overall low ...

At one time not too long ago, vegetables and flowers properly belonged in your garden beds, and grasses and suchlike were relegated to the rest of the yard. That is certainly the way we started off in ...

SAN ANTONIO — Even before winter dormancy turned lawns from green to brown, drought took its toll on turf. For those thinking ahead to spring's warmer days and green grass, there's a new native grass ...

Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the Silver State. It’s probably somewhat surprising in itself that Nevada has a ...