Bouteloua

E474592

genus plant genus species taxon

Bouteloua is a genus of drought-tolerant grasses, commonly known as grama grasses, native to the Americas and characteristic of many North American grassland and foothill ecosystems.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bouteloua canonical	2
Bouteloua gracilis	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ plant genus ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ
adaptation	drought tolerance ⓘ
characteristicOf	North American foothill ecosystems ⓘ North American grassland ecosystems ⓘ
class	Liliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName	blue grama ⓘ buffalograss ⓘ grama grasses ⓘ sideoats grama ⓘ
describedAs	drought-tolerant grasses ⓘ
ecologicalRole	dominant grass in shortgrass prairie ⓘ
family	Poaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
growthForm	bunchgrass ⓘ perennial grass ⓘ
habitat	foothills ⓘ grasslands ⓘ prairies ⓘ savannas ⓘ
includesTaxon	Bouteloua aristidoides NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua barbata NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua chondrosioides NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua curtipendula ⓘ Bouteloua dactyloides NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua eriopoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua gracilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua hirsuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua repens NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua simplex NERFINISHED ⓘ Bouteloua uniflora NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
nativeTo	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
order	Poales NERFINISHED ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C4 ⓘ
phylum	Tracheophyta NERFINISHED ⓘ
pollination	wind-pollinated ⓘ
reproduction	sexual reproduction by seed ⓘ vegetative reproduction by tillers ⓘ
subfamily	Chloridoideae NERFINISHED ⓘ
tribe	Cynodonteae NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	erosion control ⓘ forage ⓘ ornamental landscaping ⓘ range restoration ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huachuca Mountains foothills → typicalGrassGenera → Bouteloua ⓘ

blue grama → genus → Bouteloua ⓘ

blue grama → scientificName → Bouteloua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bouteloua gracilis