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Poaceae
Fern grass
Catapodium rigidum
Also known as Hard poa, Fern-leaf grass, Catapodium, Poa rigida
Native Plants · Ornamental Grass · Fern Grass · Low Maintenance · Part Shade · Ground Cover · Border Plant · Cool Season · Poaceae · Drought Sensitive
Fern grass is a tough, low-maintenance ornamental grass that thrives in partial shade with moderate, consistent watering. It is well-suited to rock gardens, border edges, and naturalistic landscapes where it requires little intervention once established. Avoid waterlogged soils, and allow the soil surface to dry slightly between waterings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 8 in – 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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