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Lachnagrostis tenuis, known as wind grass, is a small, stiff, tufted native grass found on coastal sites in New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island. It suits coastal gardens or restoration plantings where it can have open, sandy or salty-breeze conditions and moist soil.
Lachnagrostis tenuis, commonly known as wind grass, is a species of plant in the true grass family. It is endemic to coastal areas of Stewart Island and the South Island of New Zealand from Christchurch to Bluff.
L. tenuis is a local endemic of the eastern Canterbury and Otago coast, as well as Stewart Island. In Canterbury, it is found in South Brighton and Teddington. In Otago and Southland, it is known from the Otago Peninsula, the Catlins, Bluff, and Stewart Island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lachnagrostis tenuis 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.
