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Bothriochloa pertusa
1931Summary
Bothriochloa pertusa is a species of grass. It is widely used as a fodder and a graze for livestock. Common names for the plant include hurricane grass, Indian couch grass, Indian-bluegrass, pitted bluestem, Seymour grass, Barbados sourgrass, Antigua hay, pitted beardgrass, sweet pitted grass, silver grass (English), comagueyana, yerba huracán (Spanish), suket putihan, salay (Philippines), ya-hom, ya-hangma (Thailand), huyêt tha'o lô (Vietnam), and kong ying cao (Chinese). The native range of the grass is probably in Asia, including China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its type locality was in India. It is now widespread outside its native range, having been purposely introduced to many regions, such as Australia, the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. It is most common in tropical areas....read more on Wikipedia.
Climate
What environment does Bothriochloa pertusa prefer?
| Place | Rain (24h) | Sun | Humidity Hum. | Wind | |
| Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
| Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
| Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph | |
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