Poaceae Bouteloua simplex Lag.
Matted Grama
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Forage
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 16
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Bouteloua simplex Lag.
Scientific name: Bouteloua simplex Lag.
USDA symbol: BOSI2 (
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Common names: Matted Grama
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Important forage grass for a short season.
RECRD: 10369 id: 7453