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bottlebrush squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. to 2.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 in.; to 6.0 in. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Salt Meadow, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Alkaline/High pH, Clay, Salty
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Great for soils in SE Fort Collins.