Seaoats
Uniola paniculatanative · Central Texas
Seaoats is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 3–7 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white and brown in early summer. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds and small mammals.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–7 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Early Summer · white, brown
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on calcareous, loam, saline, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Floodplains and Low Terraces
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.