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bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
-
Height: 2.0 ft. to 5.0 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 2.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate, High
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine, Wetlands
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
4, 5 - Soil Type
- Acidic/Low pH, Salty, Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Drought tolerant when established and moderately tolerant of saline soils.
This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.