Cinna latifolia -- (Drooping Woodreed)


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 Scientific Name:  Cinna latifolia
 Common Name:  Drooping Woodreed
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer, Fall
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Medium
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Mid Summer
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  80
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Rhizomatous
 Growth Habit:  Grass
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  4.5
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  11000
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  4800
 pH (Maximum):  7
 pH (Minimum):  4.7
 Precipitation (Minimum):  16
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  10
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  2100000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -38
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Slow
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Seed, Sprigs
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Monocot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Liliopsida
 Order:  Cyperales
 Family:  Poaceae
 Genus:  Cinna

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