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Long Leaved Panicgrass

Coleataenia longifolia

Also called Long Leaved Redtop Panicgrass

Long Leaved Panicgrass is a perennial wild grass native to eastern North America, found from Nova Scotia to the eastern and southern United States. It is a wild native grass rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant, and it mostly grows in non-wetland upland habitats such as low woods and meadows.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil moist during establishment, then water during dry spells.
Soil
Moist to well-drained soil, tolerant of a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cold winters typical of its native range.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Nova Scotia to EC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Coleataenia longifolia is a species of grass in the family Poaceae found in North America. Coleataenia longifolia subsp. elongata is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.

Where it grows

C. longifolia can be found throughout the south and eastern United States. C. longifolia spp. cobsii is found primarily along the edge of the Coastal Plain, stretching from Massachusetts to Florida then west to Louisiana. Another subspecies, C. longifolia spp. longifolia, can be found in the remainder of the native range.

Other Coleataenia plants

Bluejoint Panicgrass · Panicgrass · Coleataenia abscissa · Coleataenia anceps

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coleataenia longifolia 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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