Dichanthelium latifolium Broadleaf Rosette Grass
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU- Soil: pH 4.0-6.5
Form/Color Rapid grower to 3', grows in bunches, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
active in Summer, blooms in Spring. Tolerance: tolerance.
Urban Adapted to coarse and medium soils,
Tolerance: no tolerance of soil compaction.
Habitat: Forests and thickets.
Ecosystem Moderately palatable to browse
Services: animals.
Hydrology: Moderate tolerance to drought.
Ornamental Broad-leaved grass growing in rosettes.
Value: Terminal flowering panicle with delicate Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, rapid
flowers and seeds. grower, can spread by rhizomes.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Moderately tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:
Distichlis spicata Salt-Grass
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW+ Soil: pH 4.0-10.5
Form/Color Moderate grower to 16", plant usually Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
reclining, gray-green, tan in autumn, Tolerance: tolerance.
blooms and fruits in August-October.
Urban Adapted to medium and fine soils,
Tolerance: high tolerance of soil compaction.
Habitat: High salt marsh.
Ecosystem Wildlife value low.
Services:
Hydrology: Tolerant of saltwater to 50 ppt, tolerant of
spring tide flooding.
Ornamental Low- growing, high marsh grass. A
Value: companion plant to Spartina patens. Compatibility: Often codominant with Spartina
Thick flowering heads turning a straw like patens. Can form colonies.
color.
Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: One of very few grasses to tolerate
salt marshes.
Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance: