Carried by 5 nurseries
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Deschampsia elongata is a species of grass known by the common name slender hairgrass. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Wyoming to northern Mexico, and South America in Chile. It grows at all elevations, often in moist areas. It is a perennial grass forming dense clumps sometimes exceeding a meter in height. Most of the leaves are located in a tuft about the base of the stems. The flower cluster is a thin row of V-shaped spikelets arranged parallel to and mostly flat against the stem.
Grass
2 - 3 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow
Spring
Deer resistant
Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Moderate
Slow
Prefers moist, slow draining soil.
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
1, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 8, 9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Wet places, meadows, lakeshores, slopes
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 1 likely
Juba Skipper
Hesperia juba
Umber Skipper
Poanes melane