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tufted hairgrass
Deschampsia caespitosa
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. to 5.0 ft.
Spread: 1.5 ft. to 2.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Shade
- Water Requirements
- Moderate, High
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine, Wet Meadow, Wetlands
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Streetscape Plants, Wetland Plant, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
4, 5, 6 - Soil Type
- Loam
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.
This is an attractive landscape plant.