Meanings
- uncommonSideoats grama.
[…] sideoats is less selective, while tobosa prefers heavier clay lowland soils.
2000, James Kerr Brown, Jane Kapler Smith, Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of fire on flora, page 1412 more examples
Sideoats grows 12 to 40-in. tall, with a root system that is fibrous and moderately deep, Harris says. The plant is drought tolerant and winter hardy, but is less tolerant of alkali soils.
1989, Better Roads, volume 59, page 34The tallest of the grama grasses, sideoats is a vigorous grower and can be used to reseed depleted areas and to prevent erosion.
2010, Matt Warnock Turner, Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of Our Common ..., page 188
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