Re: ID requested on scarlet lawn weed

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From: Chookie
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:32

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<70e6915b-2613-4e4d-b3c5-f4efb03b42d6@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
 jon <jon_d_r@msn.com> wrote:

> OT a bit: What species are you calling buffalo grass?  Here in
> Colorado, USA, we call Buchloe dactyloides  buffalo grass.  It was
> often found in bison wallows.

Apparently what Aussies call Buffalo grass is Stenotaphrum secundatum, 
elsewhere called St Augustine Grass: 
http://www.gardenet.com.au/turf/bu/buffalo.htm

It is widely used as a lawn grass, being tough but not overly aggressive.  At 
least in Sydney.

-- 
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia 
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/

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