During my trip to Dallas last week, I saw several low-water lawns, including this one using buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides):
The question is – why does have this wave structure?
Another revealing picture and answer on Monday!
Dallas mystery turf
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I don’t know the answer but I think it’s pretty. Over here on the outskirts of Houston, we get too much rain for Buffalograss to really thrive. Our conundrum is that the native grasses that grow well here are pretty tall — not really great lawn substitutes. Looking forward to the answer!
It almost looks like it was planted from plugs in rows rather than on-center and hasn’t filled in yet. I look forward to the rest of the picture.
Buffalo rolling in it?
Wind?
a reel mower cutting incorrectly?
It appears that the seed heads were recently harvested.
Wheel marks in a stressed turf. Similar to footprints in a stressed turf.