Arkansas Forages Database
Dallisgrass
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![Dallisgrass Crown Dallisgrass Crown](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_crown.jpg)
![Dallisgrass Foliage Dallisgrass Foliage](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_foliage1.jpg)
![Dallisgrass Grazed Dallisgrass Grazed](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_grazed.jpg)
![Dallisgrass Heads Dallisgrass Heads](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_heads.jpg)
![Dallisgrass honeydew from ergot infection. Dallisgrass honeydew from ergot infection.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_honeydew_from_ergot_infection.jpg)
![Dallisgrass honeydew from ergot infection. Dallisgrass honeydew from ergot infection. hairs.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_honeydew2.jpg)
![Dallisgrass in bermudagrass. Dallisgrass in bermudagrass.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_in_bermudagrass.jpg)
![Dallisgrass seed with honeydew stuck to 4wheeler. These are dallisgrass seeds with honeydew stuck to the front of a 4 wheeler after driving through the pasture.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/dallisgrass/dallisgrass_seed_with_honeydew_stuck_to_4wheeler.jpg)
About Dallisgrass
- Warm-season perennial grass.
- Found statewide, but best adapted to southern half of Arkansas.
- Tolerant of wet soils and found mostly in low areas.
- Readily grazed; Is often a weedy invader in bermudagrass hay fields.
- Develops ergot in seedheads which is toxic to livestock.