Location: Rock Garden/Xeriscape Design

Names:

• Common Name: Mexican Feathergrass
• Botanical Name: Nassella tenuissima
• AKA: Wiregrass, Ponytail Grass, Mexican Wiregrass, Finestem Needlegrass, Ponytail Grass, Texas Tussock

Description: Nassella tenuissima is popular in landscaping for its delicate, thread-like leaves that billow gracefully in even the slightest breeze. It is native in North America only to mountains in west Texas and adjacent New Mexico south to central Mexico, but it has become widely used throughout hospitable areas of the US and elsewhere. Given the right conditions - well-drained soil, the right amount of water, and adequate sunlight - this grass can even become invasive outside of its native range.

Best Growing Conditions: Full Sun, Partial Shade; Low Water Demand

Landscape Use: Deer Resistant, Border – Edge, Border – Mixed, Rock Garden, Erosion Control, Lawn Substitute