Plant Data

Names and Taxonomy

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  • Family: Poaceae (Grasses)
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Habit and Size

  • Duration: perennial
  • Habit: grass
  • Shape: round
  • Size: 3 ft (1 m)
  • Stem: green

Leaves

  • Color: green
  • Shape: linear
  • Edge: smooth
  • Arrangement: alternate
  • Leaf Retention:

Flowers and Fruit

  • Sex: monoecious
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Habitat and Growing Conditions

  • Water Use: low
  • Light: full sun
  • Soil: sandy soil types
  • Habitat: desert grassland, prairie, chaparral, shrubsteppe, pinyon-juniper woodland, and oak-dominated woodlands

Distribution

  • Distribution: native to North and Central America
  • Seen: Calico Basin
  • Elevation:

Photographs

Plains Lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia)

Calico Basin (6/2)

Plains Lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia)

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