Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
Europe, Asia
Western United States, Canada
Types
Blue Oat grass
Bolander's beach pine, Bolander pine, Shore pine
Number of Varieties
-2
0
40000
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Habitat
Cropland, gardens, Grassland, Roadsides
All sorts of environments
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-9-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
8-1
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Habit
Clump-Forming
Pyramidal
Plant Size
Minimum Height
20.50 cm610.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm460.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Brown
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Brown
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Tan, Brown
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Needle like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Alternate Days
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune for shortening long shoots
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Blight, Mealybugs, Rust, Sawfly Larvae, Scale
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
-
Allergy
Asthma, Itchy eyes
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Arthritis, Headache, Stomach pain
Joint pain, Muscle Pain, Pain killer, Rheumatism, Sore throat
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used as a nutritious food item
Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties, Used in construction
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
ARRHENATHERUM
PINUS contorta var latifolia
Common Name
Oatgrass
Lodgepole Pine, shore pine, twisted pine, contorta pine
In Hindi
जई घास
Lodgepole pine
In German
Ährengras
Drehkiefer
In French
Folle avoine
Le pin tordu
In Spanish
oat Grass
pino Lodgepole
In Greek
βρώμη Grass
lodgepole πεύκων
In Portuguese
aveia-
Lodgepole pine
In Polish
Owies trawa
lodgepole sosna
In Latin
oat Grass
contorta pinus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
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Pinophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Poales
Pinales
Family
Poaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Danthonia
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
-
Tribe
Aveneae
-
Subfamily
Danthonioideae
-
Number of Species
4505
1
27800
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