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Cutgrass

Zizaniopsis

Cutgrass
Photo: Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Techn, Public domain

Zizaniopsis is a genus of aquatic and wetland grasses from North and South America, with Z. miliacea (giant cutgrass) the best known member. Grow them with roots in wet soil or shallow water in full sun.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow water.
Soil
Muddy or silty wetland soil, or a heavy garden loam kept saturated.
Temperature
Warm to mild temperatures; hardy in warm temperate zones, frost damages top growth.

About

Zizaniopsis is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae, native to North and South America.

Species

Other Zizaniopsis plants

Giant cutgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zizaniopsis 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.

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