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Crimson Fountaingrass (Pennisetum Setaceum) Native Growing Regions

Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee

Crimson Fountaingrass (Pennisetum Setaceum) Information

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Pennisetum
• Family: Poaceae
• Order: Cyperales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Graminoid
• Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I)
• State Noxious Status: HI (NW)
• State Noxious Common Name: HI (fountaingrass)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: Cal-IPC HEAR STATE
• Active Growth Period: Summer
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Slow
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: Yes
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Yellow
• Flower Conspicuous: Yes
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Fine
• Fruit/Seed Color: Purple
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Bunch
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• Height Mature (feet): 3.5
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Moderate
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: None
• CaCO3 Tolerance: None
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: High
• Fertility Requirement: Medium
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 280
• Hedge Tolerance: None
• Moisture Use: Low
• pH (Minimum): 6
• pH (Maximum): 7.5
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 1700
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 4800
• Precipitation (Minimum): 18
• Precipitation (Maximum): 40
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 12
• Salinity Tolerance: Low
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): 17
• Bloom Period: Mid Summer
• 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 Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 1000000
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: Medium
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Crimson Fountaingrass (Pennisetum Setaceum) Tags

Bunch, Cyperales, Graminoid, Green, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta, Moderate, Monocot, Pennisetum, Perennial, Poaceae

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