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Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW Soil: pH 5.0-7.4


Form/Color To 4', culms unbranched and leaves up to Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
12" long. Blooms and fruits in June- Tolerance: tolerance.
August.


Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine


Tolerance: soils, moderate tolerance of soil
compaction.


Habitat: Open, moist woods.


Ecosystem Highly palatable to browse animals.
Services:


Hydrology: Moderate tolerance to drought.


Ornamental Upright growing habit and infloresence


Value: made up of thick bristly spikelets. Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, moderate
growth rate, no vegetative spread.


Salt Intolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other:


Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance:


Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Lovegrass


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 4.0-7.5


Form/Color To 2', stems usually in low tufts, blooms Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
and fruits in August-September, Tolerance: tolerance.
inflorescence purple.


Urban Adapted to coarse and medium soils,


Tolerance: no tolerance of soil compaction.


Habitat: Tolerates dry, sandy soil or fill.


Ecosystem Moderately palatable to browse


Services: animals.


Hydrology: High tolerance to drought.


Ornamental Low growing, showy purple inflorescence
Value: in fall. Green thin leaves can have a Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, moderate


reddish tinge. grower, moderate rate of vegetative
spread.


Salt Intolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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