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Nassella cernua
Also called Foothill Needlegrass, Nodding Needle Grass
Nodding needlegrass is a native perennial bunchgrass from California and Baja California, grown as a drought-tolerant ornamental and for habitat restoration. Its key to success is good drainage and minimal summer water once established.
Nassella cernua (syn. Stipa cernua) is a species of grass known by the common name nodding needlegrass.
The bunchgrass is native to western California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.
Nassella cernua is cultivated as a drought-tolerant ornamental grass by specialty plant nurseries, for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, drought tolerant landscaping, and for habitat restoration projects.
Nassella cernua is a component of California and Baja California in native grasslands, chaparral, and juniper woodlands. This bunchgrass is found in the California Coast Ranges and Transverse Ranges (U.S.), and Peninsular Ranges (U.S. & Mexico).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nassella cernua 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.
