Finestem Needlegrass
Nassella tenuissimaFinestem Needlegrass is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white in Jun–Sep. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Jun–Sep · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, loam, moist, rocky, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and browsing mammals
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
13 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
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.