Green Sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia
Green sprangletop is a drought-tough warm-season bunchgrass of Southwestern grasslands and rocky slopes, with open, sprangly seed heads. Good forage and cover for arid sites.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, FL, KS, MD, MO, NC, NM, OK, TX