Dry Weight (Biomass) References
Bouteloua gracilis [Blue Grama]


Augustine, D.J., Dijkstra, F.A., Hamilton III, E.W. and Morgan, J.A. 2011. Rhizosphere interactions, carbon allocation, and nitrogen acquisition of two perennial North American grasses in response to defoliation and elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia 165: 755-770.

LeCain, D.R. and Morgan, J.A. 1998. Growth, gas exchange, leaf nitrogen and carbohydrate concentrations in NAD-ME and NADP-ME C4 grasses grown in elevated CO2. Physiologia Plantarum 102: 297-306.

McGranahan, D.A. and Yurkonis, K.A. 2018. Variability in grass forage quality and quantity in response to elevated CO2 and water limitation. Grass and Forage Science 73: 517-521.

Morgan, J.A., LeCain, D.R., Read, J.J., Hunt, H.W. and Knight, W.G. 1998. Photosynthetic pathway and ontogeny affect water relations and the impact of CO2 on Bouteloua gracilis (C4) and Pascopyrum smithii (C3). Oecologia 114: 483-493.

Morgan, J.A., Skinner, R.H. and Hanson, J.D. 2001. Nitrogen and CO2 affect regrowth and biomass partitioning differently in forages of three functional groups. Crop Science 41: 78-86.

Reich, P.B., Tilman, D., Craine, J., Ellsworth, D., Tjoelker, M.G., Knops, J., Wedin, D., Naeem, S., Bahauddin, D., Goth, J., Bengtson, W. and Lee, T.D. 2001. Do species and funtional groups differ in acquisition and use of C, N and water under varying atmospheric CO2 and N availability regimes? A field test with 16 grassland species. New Phytologist 150: 435-448.

Riechers, G.H. and Strain, B.R. 1988. Growth of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) in response to atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Canadian Journal of Botany 66: 1570-1573.


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