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Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass (Polypogon Monspeliensis) Native Growing Regions: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Polypogon
• Family: Poaceae
• Order: Cyperales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Annual
• Growth Habit: Graminoid
• Native Status: L48 (I) AK (I) HI (I) CAN (I)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: WSWS
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW OBL
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW+) 2(FACW) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 6(FACW+) 7(FACW+) 8(FACW+) 9(FACW) 0(FACW+) A(FACW) H(FACW)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Moderate
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: Low
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Yellow
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Fine
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Bunch
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height Mature (feet): 1.7
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Short
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: High
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: Low
• Fertility Requirement: Low
• Fire Tolerance: Medium
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 90
• Hedge Tolerance: None
• Moisture Use: High
• pH (Minimum): 4.8
• pH (Maximum): 7.8
• Precipitation (Minimum): 12
• Precipitation (Maximum): 55
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 10
• Salinity Tolerance: Low
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): 52
• Bloom Period: Late Spring
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: No
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: No
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 125000
• Seed Spread Rate: Moderate
• Seedling Vigor: High
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass (Polypogon Monspeliensis)

Polypogon Monspeliensis, or more commonly know as Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, is a graminoid with green foliage and yellow flowers of the genus Polypogon. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 1.7 feet at maturity. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. It’s active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during late spring and is intolerant of shade. Polypogon Monspeliensis or Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Tags: Annual, Bunch, Cyperales, Graminoid, Green, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta, Monocot, Poaceae, Polypogon, Rapid

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