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Purpletop Tridens – Plant

LATIN NAME
Tridens flavus

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • Large, robust perennial bunchgrass with wide, flat leaf blades.
  • Seedhead is purple, pyramidal in shape, and drooping; often has an oily substance on the branches.
  • Growth starts in early spring./span>
  • Adapted to shady wooded areas of bottomlands and upland sites.
  • Does not become palatable to grazing animals until after frost.
  • The seed is eaten by birds.

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