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Hooded Windmillgrass – Plant

LATIN NAME
Chloris cucullata

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • A native, perennial bunchgrass with a mature foliage height ranging from 0.5 to 1 foot. It produces seed heads from May through October. However, unlike most hooded windmillgrass populations, Mariah Germplasm also spreads vegetatively by stolons.
  • Mariah Germplasm is recommended for use in roadside plantings, critical site revegetation, and rangeland seed mixes.
  • It can be used in many types of conservation plantings, such as grassed waterways, riparian buffers, filter strips, and pond embankments.

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