Nuttall's alkali grass

Puccinellia Nuttalliana

Nuttall's alkali grass 08SE11
Nuttall's alkali grass 07JL22-01
Nuttall's alkali grass 07JL12-01

characteristics

A tufted bunchgrass with open branched pyramidal flower heads. Lower branch growth varies: slightly upward, drooping or perpendicular. Tiny green to purplish-tinged flowers grow on delicate spikelets.

Does not like to be mowed.

2,108,000/ seeds/pound; starts from seed, root, container, sprigs

T SSN H W sun soil H2O fire N2 pH summer fall flower (seed)
P CW 0.6 SB S F-M-C M ••• - 6.5-8.5 green-pale yellow-pale green-pale (brn)

habitat

Pond edges, ditches, lakes. Nearly pure stands occur in highly saline, wet soils.

uses

Provides forage for small mammals and Canada Geese.

Comments

  • No comments yet.

Leave your comments

0 Character restriction
Your text should be more than 100 characters
Powered by Komento
common > name = have on site
T = type: A = annual | B = biennial | P = perennial | SS = subshrub | D = deciduous | C = coniferous
██ = cold stratify | ██ = cold stratify & scarify | ██ = plant directly | ██ = scarify | ██ = not from seed
SSN = season: C = cool | W = warm | Y = late
H = height (in metres) | W = width (in metres) | B = bunch | S = sod | SB = sod/bunch
sun: S = full sun | S/PS = sun or partial shade | PS = partial shade | SH = full shade
soil: F = fine | M = medium | C = coarse
H2O = moisture requirement: D = dry | M = moist | W = wet | Z = aquatic
fire = fire tolerance: - = unknown | X = none | • = some | •• = moderate | ••• = high tolerance
N2 = nitrogen fixing: • = yes
summer = foliage colour | fall = foliage (stem) colour | flower (seed) = flower (seed / fruit) colour, if conspicuous
pH = acidity - alkalinity