Habitat: It tolerates heavy shade and wet soils, though its ideal location is dry to moist shade. This plant is a good lawn substitute for shady areas but will not tolerate heavy foot traffic. It forms an ideal turf alternative in dry shade areas, needing mowing only once or twice a season to maintain a 2" height. It also makes a great underplanting for taller perennials. It is semi-evergreen, dying back under very cold temperatures. Common in the mountains and piedmont; infrequent in the coastal Plain.
Wildlife value: Supports various Satyr butterfly larvae.
Earth Sangha Inventory
Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.
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