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Calamagrostis purpurea (Calamagrostis purpurea)

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring After Harvest Regrowth Rate Moderate Bloat None C:N Ratio Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Green Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Moderate Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Medium Fruit/Seed Color Yellow Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Rhizomatous Growth Rate Moderate Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 4.9 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance High CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Low Fertility Requirement Medium Fire Tolerance Low Frost Free Days, Minimum 102 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Medium pH, Minimum 4.5 pH, Maximum 8.0 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 3450 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 7000 Precipitation, Minimum 14 Precipitation, Maximum 65 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 16 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -33 Reproduction Bloom Period Late Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs Yes Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 3837472 Seed Spread Rate Moderate Seedling Vigor Medium Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Slow Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal High Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Medium Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Calamagrostis