Buffalograss is, perhaps, our only truly native turfgrass. Its tolerance to prolonged droughts and to extreme temperatures together with its seed producing characteristics enables buffalograss to survive extreme environmental conditions, requiring very little supplemental irrigation and only modest fertilization.
Buffalograss is so low maintenance that some people will often only mow it a few times, or even not at all during the year.
Anderton Grass, Inc. currently produces two popular varieties of Buffalograss, 609 Buffalograss and Prairie Buffalograss.
  
Buffalograss spreads by surface runners, or stolons, and seed. It forms a fine textured, relatively thin turf with a soft blue-green color. It does not possess underground stems, or rhizomes. Buffalograss is also destroyed quite readily by cultivation. For these reasons, it can be readily removed from flower beds and gardens.
In Texas, it is commonly found from South Texas to the Texas Panhandle; but is rarely found on the sandy soils in the eastern part of the state or in the high rainfall areas of southeast Texas.
Buffalograss is extremely drought-tolerant. Figures from the Texas Water Commission indicate that Buffalograss will flourish in over two-thirds of the state on natural rainfall. After turf is fully established, the average watering frequency is 21-45 days.
Roadsides, school grounds, parks, open lawn areas, golf course roughs and cemeteries are good sites for buffalograss in central, west and north Texas.
Buffalograss is not adapted to shaded sites or to sites that receive heavy traffic.
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