Dichanthelium ovale -- (White-Haired Panic Grass)


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 Scientific Name:  Dichanthelium ovale
 Common Name:  White-Haired Panic Grass
 Other Common Names:

 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Green
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  High
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Tolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Spring
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  160
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Low
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Yellow
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  None
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Bunch
 Growth Habit:  Grass
 Growth Rate:  Rapid
 Height, Mature (feet):  1.7
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 pH (Maximum):  6.5
 pH (Minimum):  4
 Precipitation (Minimum):  35
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  4
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  320000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -13
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Where Found in S.E. MN:

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

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