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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Winter Bentgrass

Agrostis hyemalis
native · Central Texas

Winter Bentgrass is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade and high water. Blooms green in mid spring.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Grass
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water
High
Height
About 3 ft
Bloom
Mid Spring · green
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

80 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.