Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) J.T. Columbus

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) J.T. Columbus. Bouteloua dactyloides, commonly known as buffalograss or buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a short grass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue grama over most of the shortgrass prairie. Buffalo grass in North America is not the same species of grass commonly known as buffalo in Australia.