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Poaceae
Slender wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
Also known as Bearded wheatgrass, Elymus trachycaulus, Slender wild rye, Agropyron caninum var. andinum
Native Plants · Wheatgrass · Cool Season · Hardy · Naturalized · Erosion Control · Fast Growing · Shade Tolerant · Temperate
Slender wheatgrass is a hardy cool-season grass that tolerates partial shade and requires minimal care. It establishes quickly and is excellent for naturalizing areas or erosion control. Water moderately and it will thrive in most temperate climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately when soil surface feels dry · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.6–9
- Temperature
- -40°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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