Cenchrus longispinus Common Sandbur
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: Acidic soils.
Form/Color Annual, to 32", tufted, blooms and fruits in Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
July-October, spiny inflorescence. Tolerance: tolerance.
Urban Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.
Habitat: Open, sandy soil, fill, usually coastal.
Ecosystem
Services:
Hydrology: Moderately drought tolerant.
Ornamental Tufted form.
Value: Compatibility: Can become weedy.
Salt Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance. Other: Common in dry waste sites. Spiny
burs are extremely sharp and barbed
Shade Intolerant of shade. and can be a nuisance.
Tolerance:
Chasmanthium laxum Northen Sea Oats
Native To: Regional Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: pH 5.0-7.0
Form/Color Perennial, moderate grower up to 4', Stormwater Potentially tolerant of stormwater.
forms in clumps, upright form with Tolerance:
nodding seed heads.
Urban Moderate tolerance of soil
Tolerance: compaction, tolerant of poor soil,
performs well in the right of way.
Habitat: Moist to well-drained sites, moderate or
greater shade.
Ecosystem Seed eaten by birds and rodents, host
Services: to some butterfly species.
Hydrology: Moderate tolerance to drought.
Ornamental Panicles of flat and broad seed heads
Value: turning from green to gold dangle from Compatibility: May become weedy.
very slender stems adding fall and winter
interest.
Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Requires low levels of fertility;
tolerates wind.
Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance: