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Native Grasses (desirable): <br />Davidson Mesa Open Space has native cool and warm <br />season perennial grasses. Cool season grasses grow <br />in temperatures of 40-70°F while warm season <br />grasses grow in temperatures of 70-95OF and can often <br />withstand hot and drought conditions. Having a variety <br />of cool and warm season grasses provides habitat and <br />forage for wildlife throughout the growing season. <br />Big Bluestem: <br />Height: 3 to 6' <br />Season: Warm <br />Description: Bunchy sod former <br />with numerous long basal and stem <br />leaves. Reddish -purple at maturity. <br />Seed head resembles a turkey's foot. <br />Little Bluestem: <br />Height: 1 to 4' <br />Season: Warm <br />Description: Bunch grass and largely <br />tufted. Light blue-green when young <br />and reddish brown when mature <br />with fluffywhite seed heads. <br />Sideoats Grama: <br />Height: 1 to 3' <br />Season: Warm <br />Description: Bunchy sod former. <br />Leaves bluish green and brown when <br />dry and spike -like head. <br />Needle -and -Thread: <br />Height: 1 to 4' <br />Season: Cool <br />Description: Bunch grass with long, <br />flat leaves. The flower head detaches <br />giving appearance of needle and long <br />thread. <br />Blue Grama: <br />Height: 6 to 24" <br />Season: Warm <br />Description: Sod -forming grass <br />with densely tufted gray -green <br />leaves. Bluish purple when young <br />and straw -like at maturity with <br />comb -like spikes extending at sharp <br />angle from stem. <br />Goats are baaa-ttling our <br />weed problem! <br />During the spring and fall of 2017, <br />goats grazed on the eastern half <br />of Davidson Mesa to help control <br />common mullein. a non-native <br />Integrated Weed Management Plan <br />For more information on the City of Louisville's <br />Weed Management Program, including mowing and <br />herbicide applications, please see our Parks and <br />Recreation Integrated Weed Management Plan at <br />w\A(w.louisvilleco.gov/IWMP. <br />Dpe <br />;nac <br />To conserve and restore Open Space <br />through land acquisition and management <br />for the protection of natural and cultural <br />resources and provide opportunities for <br />education, volunteering and appropriate <br />passive recreation. <br />WCity,f <br />Louisville <br />Parks, Recreation & Open Space <br />W <br />Cityaf Louisvill,2p <br />Parks. Recreation & Open Space <br />