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Dichanthelium aciculare (needleleaf rosette grass)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Fire Tolerance [1]  Low
Frost Free Days [1]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Growth Period [1]  Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  3.937 inches (10 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  380999 / lb (839960 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Green
Foliage Color [1]  Gray-Green
Fruit Color [1]  Yellow
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Florida Panhandle Lowlands Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Florida Peninsula Xeric Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia, Florida)
Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Woodland United States (Florida, Alabama)
Northern Florida Peninsula Longleaf Pine / Red Oak Woodland United States (Florida)
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill United States (Florida)
Western Florida Panhandle Xeric Lowland Sandhill Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Wiregrass Gap Xeric Longleaf Pine Sand Woodland United States (South Carolina)

Predators

Ammodramus henslowii (Henslow's Sparrow)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3DiMiceli, Jennifer K., et al. "Seed preferences of wintering Henslow's sparrows/Preferencias de consumo de semillas por parte de Ammodramus henslowii durante el invierno." The Condor 109.3 (2007): 595+. Academic OneFile. Web. 15 July 2014.
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