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Nassella mexicana is a perennial bunchgrass of high tropical mountains from Mexico to Argentina, growing in poor, exposed soils. It is a wild grass rather than a common garden plant, so care notes are general guidance.
Nassella mexicana is a species of grass. It is a perennial native to the mountains of the tropical Americas, ranging from northeastern Mexico to Guatemala, and through the Andes of South America from northwestern Venezuela to northwestern Argentina. In Colombia it grows between 2500 and 3500 meters elevation. It grows in the poor soil on the top of hillocks to escape competition from other faster growing species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nassella mexicana 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.
