Onespike Danthonia

(Danthonia unispicata)

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Description

Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Rapid Bloat None C:N Ratio Low Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant Yes Flower Color Green Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Porous Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Fine Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Single Crown Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 0.8 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Short Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance High Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance Low Frost Free Days, Minimum 200 Hedge Tolerance Medium Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 6.0 pH, Maximum 8.0 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum Planting Density per Acre, Maximum Precipitation, Minimum 12 Precipitation, Maximum 155 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 6 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -26 Reproduction Bloom Period Early Summer Commercial Availability Contracting Only Fruit/Seed Abundance High Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 400000 Seed Spread Rate Rapid Seedling Vigor High Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal Medium Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Medium Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Genus:Danthonia
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