In Florida, average diameter (37 cm) of creeping bluestem (Schizachyrium stoloniferum) plants, grazed in June, August, and October and year-long to 15-cm stubble height, was less (P<0.05) than plants (43 cm) grazed to 30 cm. There was no difference in diameter of plants grazed to 15 and 30-cm stubble in October, December, and February and February, April and June (45 cm). Tiller density was influenced by stubble height only in 1982 and 1983 when density for the 15 cm stubble averaged 111/m2 vs. 142/m2 for the 30-cm stubble. Forage dry matter yield in 1979-80 and 1982-83 depended on stubble heights and seasons. Crude protein and in vitro organic matter digestibility were influenced more by grazing time within a season than by seasons or stubble height. Poorest quality forage was at the beginning of the seasons. Best quality came from regrowth. Winter or spring grazing resulted in better stands of creeping bluestem than summer or year-long grazing.
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