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Ticklegrass
( Agrostis scabra )
Agrostis scabra
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About Ticklegrass (Agrostis scabra)
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Agrostis scabra
is a common species of grass known by the common names rough bent grass and ticklegrass. A tumbleweed, it is native to much of North America, and widely known elsewhere as an introduced species. It occurs in most of the United States except parts of the Southeast and most of Canada except for the farthest northern regions. It can be found in Mexico, and across Alaska to far eastern Asia as far south as Korea. It is resident in a great variety of habitats, from warm coastal valleys to the alpine climate of high mountain ranges. This is a perennial grass growing mainly upright in form to heights around 75 centimeters. The leaves are rough with tiny hairs and up to about 14 centimeters long. The flower cluster is a wide open array of spreading, thready branches bearing spikelets each a few millimeters long. The tolerance of this grass to alpine climates makes it a good plant to use in revegetating disturbed land in such regions. It is known to spring up on sites where few other plants can grow, such as abandoned coal mines and soils polluted with sulfur, copper, and nickel.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Grasses
Size
2.5 ft tall
Form
Upright
Growth Rate
Moderate
Flower Color
Yellow
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 3
likely
* )
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Sandhill Skipper
Polites sabuleti
Polites sabuleti
*
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Coenonympha tullia
*
Common Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes vialis
Amblyscirtes vialis
*
Armyworm Moth
Mythimna unipuncta
Mythimna unipuncta
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Low
Nurseries
Carried by 1
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Soil Description
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Common uses
Deer Resistant
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Sunset Zones
?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Natural Setting
Site Type
Disturbed places and meadows
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 9.1" - 120.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.21" - 4.08", Coldest Month: 10.0" - 49.6", Hottest Month: 33.4" - 78.0", Humidity: 0.38" - 28.06", Elevation: 52" - 13977"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Agrostis scabra var. geminata
Common Names
: Rough Bent Grass, Rough Bentgrass
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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