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mormon tea
Ephedra viridis
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 ft. to 5.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 ft. to 5.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Streetscape Plants, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Rocky, Sandy, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is native to the west slope of Colorado.