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Galleta
(Hiaria jamesii)
Galleta, a native warm season perennial is dull blue-green in color and used for forage and reclamation. It is an abundant forage producer reaching heights of one to two feet tall. The grass spreads by rhizomes as well as seed. The woody root stalk increas- es Galleta’s effectiveness as a sod former and also helps it to withstand heavy grazing and trampling.
Galleta grows well on medium to heavy saline soils. Its drought tolerance allows it to do well in areas with as little as eight inches of annual precipitation.
This important grass is used mainly in blends with other native grasses for soil stabilization of critical areas. It aids greatly in reclamation of mine soil areas, pipeline, highway right-of-way and other disturbed areas particularly in New Mexico, Ari- zona, Colorado and Utah. It is also used in western Texas, Wyoming, Nevada and California.
The seeds are very chaffy and are best sown with a chaffy grass drill at a rate of 4 to 6 pure live seed pounds per acre.