General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Grass/Grass-like
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 9b
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| Plant Height: |
1 to 1.5 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
1.5 to 2 feet |
| Leaves: |
Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
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| Flowers: |
Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes
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| Flower Color: |
Yellow
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| Flower Time: |
Late spring or early summer
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
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| Pollinators: |
Wind
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| Miscellaneous: |
Monoecious
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Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jun 15, 2019 10:57 AM concerning plant:
This species is native to eastern Texas & Oklahoma to northern Florida up into Kentucky with some spots in Missouri, the Carolinas, and southern Illinois an& Ohio. It is a slowly spreading clump by short rhizomes. It has fine textured, green blades that are evergreen farther south and semi-evergreen farther north. It bears little wispy spikes sort of whitish or yellowish in late spring that turn brown in seed. This species should not be cut way back in early spring but only be lightly cut back like a hair cut to get rid of brown tips. It does well in part-shade and moist soils, but can be grown in wet soils too, though not growing in standing water. It is offered by some Native plant nurseries as North Creek in southeast Pennsylvania.
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