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prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.0 in. to 2.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 in.; to 6.0 in. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Small Spaces
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Common throughout the State.