The beauty of our native grasses (Alabama) is they, typically, are waiting in the soil for you to treat them right. Depending on what was done to the field in past years, fallowing it out often results in a nice mix of natives - not always. I usually do this first to see what I get. Only if I have to do I resort to planting native grasses. In southeast Al, Indian grass as well as the bluestems like broomstraw, splitbeard bluestem, elliots bluestem and bushy bluestem are the most common and the best nesting cover. Big bluestem is not a common native except in the blackbelt and grows too tall for good turkey nesting. Little bluestem is not particularly common but is a native here. It is too short for good nesting. Silver bluestem is also a good one. Ive never seen side oats grama in the woods but it is supposed to be native here. It is a fair grass for nesting. The problem with these is when you buy them they are almost always a genotype native to another state, either far north of here or far west. Not a good selection of Alabama natives. Once planted they don't spread much if at all and go dormant and lodge too early in the fall. I only plant them if I have to.

That being said, I would burn it, spray it with 2-3 oz of escort as soon as it greens up good , burn it again and spray again if needed (it probably will be). Escort is good for killing bahaia and very friendly to our native grasses.