This guide explains methods to reduce tall native warm-season grasses to improve habitat for wildlife. Essential reading for conservationists and land managers interested in grassland ecosystems.

Zoysia grass shares some characteristics with St. Augustine grass. It’s slow growing, prefers full sun, and produces stiff, ...

In hot weather, the best time to water a lawn is early in the morning, when the temperature is not as sweltering. Watering ...

Most native grasses are clump or bunch grasses except for buffalograss which is a sod former. These grasses are warm season grasses which means they are brown most of the year except the ...

“For cool-season grasses, cut about two-thirds of the way down—warm-season grasses should be cut to ground level,” says Zaber. “As you cut, hold the bundle steady with the tape, tilting it ...

Feb. 3—MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Forage growers can learn how to improve pastures with warm-season grasses at a free workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Mount Vernon. According to University of ...

Cool-Season Grasses: Tall Fescue, Fine Fescue, Kentucky Blue, Perennial Rye (longer cut grasses) Warm Season Grasses: Bermuda, Centipede, Zoysia, St. Augustine (shorter cut grasses) ...

"If you have warm-season turf grass, it generally needs to be maintained well with a strict mowing height. However our cool season grasses, fescues, bluegrass, and rye, you want to be less harsh ...

Seed warm-season grasses like blue grama, buffalo grass and Bermuda grass from April through July. Avoid seeding after early August so the seed has plenty of time to get established.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Forage growers can learn how to improve pastures with warm-season grasses at a free workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Mount Vernon.