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Weeping Lovegrass: three weeks growth following mowing 
and areas made bare by wind and water erosion. It is a deep-rooted perennial, drought- 
resistant, mid-grass that forms semi-prostrate, erosion-resisting tufts; tending to spread and 
form pure stands, eliminating all competition; very palatable and highly nutritious, stands 
up well under grazing and produces hay of high quality. 
To maintain themselves all range grasses must be allowed to seed periodically. Many of 
our good range grasses form seed only once a year. A drought, over-grazing or accidental 
burning may destroy this annual seed crop. In the Southwest, King Ranch Yellow Blue- 
stem will seed over a good part of the late spring and early summer period and through- 
out the entire fall, and thus has more chance to reseed itself than a grass that sets seed 
only once a year. Since the seed of this grass germinates readily without covering (it should 
never be planted over % inch deep) it is very adaptable to reseeding range land where 
seed bed preparation is impossible. Spreading the seed over rough rocky range land in 

Yellow Bluestem King Ranch strain: This field was planted on old weed-infested spinach land one 
year before the photograph was taken. 
