Witchgrass
Panicum capillarenative · Central Texas
Witchgrass is an annual grass native to Central Texas that grows 3–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms green in summer and fall. Good for birds, moths and small mammals.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Annual grass
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · green
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, gravelly, limestone, loam, moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds, browsing mammals, moths and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
142 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.