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Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) Native Growing Regions: California Florida Hawaii Texas

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Pennisetum
• Family: Poaceae
• Order: Cyperales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Graminoid
• Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (I) VI (I)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: FLEPPC
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FAC
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 2(FACU+) C(FAC) H(FACU)
• Active Growth Period: Summer and Fall
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Moderate
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: Medium
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Yellow
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Dense
• Foliage Texture: Coarse
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Rhizomatous
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height Mature (feet): 10
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Long
• 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: None
• CaCO3 Tolerance: None
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: High
• Fertility Requirement: High
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 365
• Hedge Tolerance: None
• Moisture Use: Medium
• pH (Minimum): 5.2
• pH (Maximum): 6.8
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 1700
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 4800
• Precipitation (Minimum): 36
• Precipitation (Maximum): 100
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 14
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): 17
• Bloom Period: Mid Summer
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Low
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: No
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: No
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 1402000
• Seed Spread Rate: None
• Seedling Vigor: Low
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Slow

Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum)

Pennisetum Purpureum, or more commonly know as Elephant Grass, is a graminoid with green foliage and yellow flowers of the genus Pennisetum. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 10 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is summer and fall, blooms during mid summer and is intolerant of shade. Pennisetum Purpureum or Elephant Grass‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of California, Florida, Hawaii and Texas.

Tags: Cyperales, Graminoid, Green, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta, Monocot, Pennisetum, Perennial, Poaceae, Rapid, Rhizomatous

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