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Dichanthelium ravenelii
Ravenel's witchgrass is a native perennial grass that forms basal leaf rosettes and is found in woods and openings in the eastern and central United States. It is grown mainly as a low, tufted native grass, and it tolerates both dry sandy soils and moister sites.
Dichanthelium ravenelii, commonly known as Ravenel's witchgrass, is a perennial graminoid in the family Poaceae native to the United States.
Dichanthelium ravenelii is found from New Jersey south to Florida, west to eastern Texas, and north to Iowa. It grows in dry sandy or rocky thin woods and openings and sometimes in moist soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dichanthelium ravenelii 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.
