Prairie openings contain an array of grasses, including big bluestem, Indian grass, side-oats grama, buffalo grass, and silver bluestem. |
The second kind is the grama grass, which is, I believe, indigenous to only this section of America. |
The rest of the property is planted with native grasses, including blue grama and buffalo grass. |
There the grama grass is longer and more luxuriant than in the immediate neighbourhood of the spring. |
Sideoats grama, buffalo grass, sagebrush, yucca and prickly pear cactus are also common on the canyon floor and walls. |
In soils laid down by ancient seas, blue grama, western wheat grass, and little bluestem thrived where deep tree roots cannot take hold. |