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Alkali Sacaton

Native - Perrenial - Warm Season

Alkali sacaton is a pale green bunchgrass with a grayish tint and grows 2.5 to 5 feet tall. It provides good grazing for livestock and the large bases may be used by bobwhites and ground-nesting birds. Alkali sacaton is a stable plant and usefull for erosion control in heavy rains.

(From Range Plants of North Central Texas - A Land user's Guide to Their Identification ,Value and Managment, 2014, by Ricky J. Linex, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service.)