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Poaceae
Hairy chess
Bromus commutatus
Also known as Bromus racemosus subsp. commutatus, Bromus mutabilis var. commutatus, cheatgrass brome, Serrafalcus racemosus var. commutatus
Native Plants · Grass · Cool-Season · Meadow · Ornamental Grass · Low Maintenance · Perennial · Poaceae · Ground Cover · Wildlife Grass
Hairy chess is a hardy cool-season grass that thrives in open meadows, roadsides, and disturbed soils with minimal care. Water regularly during dry spells but avoid waterlogging the roots. It performs best in full sun to partial shade and requires little to no fertilizing once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, District Of Columbia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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