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Sweet Sudan: a valuable new grass sorghum 
WEEPING LOVEGRASS Eragrostis curvula 
Weeping Lovegrass is a long lived perennial bunch grass introduced from South Africa 
used for pastures, hay, and erosion control. Individual specimens develop into large dense 
clumps. Growth is rapid by means of several hundred closely packed culms forming on 
the crown. May spread by offsets forming at nodes on stems which will send out aerial 
roots to establish themselves as a new plant. The basal leaves are long, (24” to 48’) 
slender, and drooping. Seed stalk 4 to 6 feet long, erect to spreading; flower heads 
drooping. Seed heads are large (8 to 12” long) carrying three hundred to more than 
one thousand seeds per head. 
Weeping Lovegrass is adapted throughout the Southern part of the United States. Not 
as drought-resistant as Boer or Lehmann Lovegrass but is more cold-resistant. Does best 
on the better soils but will give good results on nearly any type of soil. 
Eaten readily by all types of livestock either as green forage or hay. Food values cor- 
respond favorably with any of our native grasses. Being one of the first grasses to 
start growth in the spring and one of the last to lose its green color in the fall it gives 
a long grazing season. 
WESTERN WHEATGRASS (Colorado Bluestem) Agropyron Smithii 
A perennial bunch grass that grows early in the spring. Spreads rapidly by means of 
underground rootstocks and seeds abundantly. A good soil binder; palatability medium. 
Best adapted to heavy clay or clay loam and will tolerate considerable amounts of alkali. 
YELLOW BLUESTEM KING RANCH STRAIN Andropogon ischaemum 
King Ranch Yellow Bluestem was found in 1939 on the King Ranch at Kingsville, Texas. 
The species is native to India, where it grows from the higher altitudes to sea level; the 
8-10 inch rainfall belt to the 100 inch rainfall belt and on a wide variety of soils. In the 
Southwest the King Ranch strain has been grown successfully from the Gulf Coast to 
northern Oklahoma, where in the winter of 1946-47 it withstood —20°F. It has been out- . 
standing in reclaiming old fields, land from which brush has been cut, weedy range land 
