Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Rottboellia > Rottboellia rugosa

Rottboellia rugosa (wrinkled jointtail grass)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Rottboellia rugosa var. genuina
Rottboellia rugosa var. rugosa

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Frost Free Days [1]  5 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Moderate
Root Depth [1]  6 inches (15 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Seeds Per [1]  275000 / lb (606271 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge VI 66133 Arkansas, United States

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
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