Buffalo Grass

Buffalo Grass is the only native grass that is also useful as lawn grass. Buffalo grass lawns are warm-season turf that is drought tolerant with better cold resistance than other warm-season grasses. The grass is quite tolerant of a range of conditions and establishes with seed, sod, or plugs. As an extra bonus, care of buffalo grass is minimal and mowing is infrequent.

Buffalo grass is low maintenance and tough as turfgrass. The plant is a perennial native to the Great Plains from Montana to New Mexico. The grass spreads by stolons and was first used as turfgrass in the 1930s. The plant has a history of being expensive and hard to establish but planting buffalo grass from the newer cultivars has minimized these traits. With a few buffalo grass planting tips, you will be on your way to an adaptive and flexible lawn.