Details for: PI 561149, Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus, '609'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus

Cultivar:

'609'

Origin:

Developed – Nebraska, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

04 May 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus

Cultivar:

'609'

Origin:

Developed – Nebraska, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

04 May 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Nebraska, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

04 May 1992.
Nebraska, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'609'

Type: Cultivar name

NE 84-609

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Fine texture, excellent color, low growth habit and an ability to stay greener later into the fall than most other warm-season buffalograss. Very drought tolerant. Resistant to most insect and disease pests. Requires less fertilizer (5-10g N/M2 growing season), less mowing, less water and less pesticides than both cool and warm-season turfgrasses currently in use. Single, female sel. produced vegetatively by sod, plugs or sprigs. Does not produce pollen or viable seed, genetically stable. Water use rate is less than other commonly cultivated turfgrass species.

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus

Genus:

Bouteloua

Section:

Buchloe

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Boutelouinae

Nomen number:

418957

Place of publication:

Aliso 18:63. 1999

Verified:

10/15/2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Sesleria dactyloides Nutt.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. ex Kuntze

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	buffalo grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	herbe aux bisons	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
German	Büffelgras	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-erva-de-búfalo	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	hierba búfalo	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanish	zacate búfalo	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Swedish	bisongräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Oct 2001, from Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. to Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus