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Agrostis dyeri

Agrostis dyeri
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Agrostis dyeri is a tufted perennial grass native to New Zealand's North and South Islands, found in subalpine to alpine tussock grassland, scrub and scree. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a hardy cool-climate grass.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or loamy soil.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold well but dislikes prolonged heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Zealand (incl. Stewart I.)
Climate
temperate

About

Agrostis dyeri is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, endemic to the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It was described by Scottish-New Zealand botanist Donald Petrie in 1889.

Where it grows

A. dyeri grows in subalpine to alpine zones, in tussock grassland, scrub, herbfield and scree.

Other Agrostis plants

Blasdale bentgrass · Velvet bentgrass · Colonial bentgrass · Bentgrass · Clavate bentgrass · Agrostis delislei · California bentgrass · Elliott's bentgrass · Spike bentgrass · Redtop · Agrostis goughensis · Hall's bentgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agrostis dyeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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