Yield, Yield Distribution, and Forage Quality of Warm-Season Perennial Grasses Grown for Pasture or Biofuel in the Southern Great Plains

Table 2

Dry matter yield by harvest month of fifteen warm-season perennial grasses in 2004 near Ardmore, OK, USA.

Species	Yield (kg ha^−1)
	May	June	Aug.	Sept.	Total
Alamo switchgrass	6129^a†	—	10012^a	—	16140^a
Blue panicgrass	—	—	3415^e	1785	5200^fg
Blackwell switchgrass	—	9385^a	—	—	9385^de
Dallisgrass	—	4245^bc	3158	—	7403^ef
Ermelo weeping lovegrass	3568^bc	—	7036	2305	12909^bc
Carostan flaccidgrass	4519^bc	—	8467	1803	14790^ab
Johnsongrass	4712^b	—	9260	1665	15637^ab
Selection 75 kleingrass	4375^bc	—	8829	1982	15186^ab
Lometa indiangrass	—	7000^ab	—	—	7000^ef
Midland 99 bermudagrass	3869^bc	—	7323	1809	13000^bc
Morpa weeping lovegrass	3276^c	—	6281	1988	11545^cd
Pensacola bahiagrass	—	3503^c	5827	2199	11529^cd
Plains bluestem	—	3797^bc	—	—	3797^g
Sand Mountain bahiagrass	—	—	—	2498	2498^g
WW-B. Dahl old world bluestem	—	5192^bc	—	—	5192^fg
Mean	4350	5520	6961	2004	10081

— indicates that the species was not harvested that month.
^†Means within column by the same letter are not significantly different at 𝑃≤0.05.