Warm season perennial native grass. Adapted to a wide variety of soils ... Auricles are absent. Seed heads of Blue grama resemble a human eyebrow. Short, flat, lax leaf that tapers to a sharp point.

Because it feeds principally on blue grama, a preferred forage plant of livestock, it can become a serious pest during grasshopper outbreaks. Estimates based on body weight indicate that an individual ...