Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigensAlso called Deer Muhly
Deergrass is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1–1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms yellow in late spring. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLarge upright bunchgrass with narrow gray-green blades and slender spikelike seed stalks.
Why it works here
Architectural evergreen mass with real presence, and it holds a slope with no irrigation.
Watch out
Needs room — four feet across at maturity. Cut back every few years, not annually.
The facts
7 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1–1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Late Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Despite the common name deergrass is not preferred browse.
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
3 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.