Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Poaceae

Genus:

Chaetium

Species:

Chaetium bromoides

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Height:

100 cm

Drought Tolerance:

High

Bloom Months:

jun,jul,aug,sep

Native Range

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Garden & Ecology Notes

Wildlife Value:

birds, small mammals

Deer Resistant:

Yes

Fire Ecology:

Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire

Fire Notes:

Warm-season grass that resprouts vigorously from crown after fire, typical of desert grassland fire ecology.