Plant Signs

Mormon Needle Grass

Stipa arida

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Nodding Needle Grass

Stipa cernua

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Needlegrass

Stipa comata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Needle & Thread Grass

Stipa comata var. comata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Stipa comata var. intermedia

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Giant Stipa

Stipa coronata

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

San Diego County Needle Grass

Stipa diegoensis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Small-flowered Rice Grass

Stipa divaricata

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Little Rice Grass

Stipa exigua

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Indian Ricegrass

Stipa hymenoides

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

King's Rice Grass

Stipa kingii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Wide-glumed Needle Grass

Stipa latiglumis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Lemmon's Needlegrass

Stipa lemmonii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Stipa lemmonii var. lemmonii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pubescent Lemmon's Needlegrass

Stipa lemmonii var. pubescens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Foothill Needlegrass

Stipa lepida

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Flower Color: Brown, Cream, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Letterman's Needlegrass

Stipa lettermanii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Columbia Needlegrass

Stipa nelsonii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Dore's Needlegrass

Stipa nelsonii var. dorei

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Nevada Needle Grass

Stipa nevadensis

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Western Needlegrass

Stipa occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Needle Grass

Stipa occidentalis var. californica

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Western Needlegrass

Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Western Needle Grass

Stipa occidentalis var. pubescens

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Stipa parishii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Parish Achnatherum

Stipa parishii var. parishii

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Pinewoods Needle Grass

Stipa pinetorum

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Purple Needlegrass

Stipa pulchra

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Red, Green, Purple, Cream

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Desert Stipa

Stipa speciosa

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 in wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Stillman's Stipa

Stipa stillmanii

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Thurber's Needlegrass

Stipa thurberiana

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Webber's Needle Grass

Stipa webberi

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported: