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PLANT CARE INFORMATION. Native Grasses. Many species of native Arizona perennial grasses need little or no irrigation once established in Tucson. All are warm-season growers; the tops are often dead and brown from late fall until the summer rains. Most will green up as early as April if watered.
Brochure on Arizona Native Grasses: The Arizona Native Plant Society published this booklet to promote the understanding and use of grasses native to, or naturalized in the Southwest. Native grasses have an important role in the restoration and reclamation of our native plant communities as well as in urban and rural landscapes.
Perennial desert grasses range in size from low turf grasses like curly mesquite grass (Hilaria belangeri) and false grama (Cathestecum brevifolium) to the nearly 3-foot (0.9 m) tall Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica) and tanglehead (Heteropogon contortus).
5 lis 2021 · Poster 2: Common Grasses of the Central Arizona Highlands, A Beginner’s Guide for Identification. Presented by Debbie DeWolf Allen
I will show you, mainly through pictures, how to identify many of Arizona’s approximately 460 grass species. All the drawings and all the photos are mine except for a couple as indicated. Mine are free for you to use in any way you choose.
Click for plant details... Promoting knowledge, appreciation, conservation, and restoration of Arizona native plants and their habitats.
This user-friendly field guide can help people of all skill levels identify 50 native and exotic perennial grasses, plus several annual species. This guide grew out of citizen science involvement tracking grassland health at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in southeastern Arizona.
