sideoats grama
Bouteloua curtipendula                                        

Identifying Characteristics:

Seed:  3-nerved lemma with short-awns; may be slightly pubescent; paleas usually glabrous; tan colored

Seedling:  leaves rolled in whorl; parallel ridges and hairs on sheath; course leaf blades with hairs along margin; truncate ligule with fringe of hairs; no auricles

Mature Plant: mostly upright bunch-type growth habit; panicle inflorescence with many one-sided spikelets

Method of Propagation: seed, rhizomes

Life Cycle: warm-season perennial

References: Abaye, A. Ozzie. "Identification & Adaption: Common Grasses, Legumes & Non-leguminous Forbs of the Eastern United States."
Moore, Kenneth J. “Compendium of Common Forages.” From “Forages: An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture.”