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Stipa pennata (European feather grass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Stipa pennata, common name European feather grass, is a flowering plant in the family Poaceae, which is grown as an ornamental plant for its feathery flowering spikes. Its foliage is green in summer while the flowers are silvery-grey during the same season. It is 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in) high.
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Infraspecies

Stipa pennata ceynowae
Stipa pennata pennata (Endangered)
Stipa pennata var. neomexicana
Stipa pennata var. pennata
Stipa pulcherrima pulcherrima

Attributes

Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [1]  Very Dry
Structure [2]  Grass

Predators

Eriococcus greeni (Newstead's felt scale)[3]
Scythia craniumequinum (horsehead-shaped scale)[3]
Volvicoccus volvifer[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0