Texas Cupgrass
Eriochloa sericeanative · Hill Country
Texas Cupgrass is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms not applicable in May–Oct. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–5 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- May–Oct · not applicable
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, limestone, loam, rocky, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut Plain
261 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.