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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Agrostis perennans is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.9 m (3ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.

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Synonyms

Plant Habitats

Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Cultivated Beds;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Seed
Edible Uses:

Seed[161, 177]. No further details are given, though it is probably used as a cereal[K]. The seed is very small, its collection and utilization would be very fiddly[K].

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Medicinal Uses

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None known

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Other Uses

None known

Special Uses

Dynamic accumulator

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Cultivation details

We have very little information on the needs of this plant, and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain. Judging by its native range, however, it is likely to succeed in most areas of this country. Growing in a variety of habitats in the wild, though usually in dry soils, it is likely to be quite adaptable here so long as the ground is well-drained[K]. This is a very variable plant in the wild, it is erect and rather stout when growing in dry open ground, but weak with a lax panicle when growing in the shade[236].

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow outdoors in a seedbed in spring and only just cover the seed[133]. It usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks so long as the soil does not dry out.

Other Names

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Native Range

NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Québec (south), Nova Scotia, Ontario (south), Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (east), Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma (east), South Dakota (east), Wisconsin, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (north), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas (east)), Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad de México) SOUTHERN AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

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Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Agrostis capillaris	Browntop Bent Grass	Perennial	0.4	3-10	F	LM	SN	WeM	0	0	4
Eragrostis caroliniana	Tufted lovegrass	Annual	0.5	0-0		LMH	N	DM	1	0
Eragrostis curvula	Weeping Love Grass	Perennial	1.2	6-9		LMH	N	M	1	0	3
Eragrostis pilosa	Soft Love Grass, Indian lovegrass	Annual	0.6	6-9		LM	N	M	1	1	0
Eragrostis tef	Tef	Annual	1.0	8-11		LMH	N	DM	3	0
Stipagrostis pungens	Drinn	Perennial	1.0	10-12	F	LM	N	DM	3	1	2

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

Agrostis perennans - (Walter.)Tuckerm.