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Piptochaetium avenaceum

Stipa avenacea

Piptochaetium avenaceum
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Drought tolerant

About

Piptochaetium avenaceum, commonly called black oat grass, blackseed needle grass or blackseed speargrass, is a species of perennial bunchgrass native to eastern North America. It is a member of the grass family Poaceae.

Where it grows

Piptochaetium avenaceum is commonly found in the eastern United States, within various types of habitats, which include:

Other Stipa plants

Stipa barbata · Stipa bavarica · Stipa borysthenica · Dwarf Feather Grass · Stipa dregeana · Stipa leptogluma · Needle Grass · Stipa milleana · European feather grass · Stipa petriei · Golden Feather Grass · Horsetail Feather Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Piptochaetium avenaceum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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