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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
I'm a dumbass. Can anyone explain the consequences for what would happen if the native grasses were dead?
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Start with the environment....rather dry in a normal year. New grass will have to come from the soil seed bank.
So any new seed germination is wholly dependent on moisture at the right time...these are warm season grasses. So they cannot germinate in cool soils like fescue can or weed grasses like foxtail or cheat.
Then they need moisture to establish...and that can be a very iffy thing in the western Kansas, Tx Panhandle, Colorado high plains.
They will take 2-3 years for the native grasses to make a comeback. An example is planting Native warm season Grasses in Western MO...we know it will take 3 full seasons to really establish the mixed stands we seed.
Thats a short explanation...