Talk:Bouteloua gracilis

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 * New Mexico, which Blue gramma is native to, faces a serious problem with alien grasses which in many cases are encroaching on and out-competing local species. The out-competition can work on factors which are disconnected from secondary functions performed by the local grasses in the oecology of the Chihuahuan desert.  This is a problem which plagues the state's oecology, as individuals are generally ignorant of the uniqueness of the Chihuahuan clime.


 * The Chihuahuan desert, unlike the Sonorran desert of Arizona, experiences frezezing. Therefore, imported non-freeze tolerant plants are guaranteed to die.  The cities today spend much effort and capitol planting palm trees and saguoros, both of which will fail to survive and do so taking along no small investment.


 * Most alien grasses have been introduced as landscaping, either privately in lawns or to decorate the many, many hundreds of miles of highway that are more a part of our scenery than the desert itself.

Daniel Collins 04:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)