Purple Threeawn
Aristida Purpurea
Plant type: Grass
Growing Season: Warm
Life Cycle: Perennial
Cover: High
Soil & Plant Characteristics
Acceptable Soil Types: Loam, Silt, Sand, Gravel
Acceptable Soil Conditions: Heavy metals
Heavy Metal Type: U
Max Plant Height (in ft): 3
First Bloom: April
Last Bloom: October
Flower Color: No information found
Location
Minimum Elevation (in ft): 2700
Maximum Elevation (in ft): 7655
Counties: Beaver, Boxelder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Saltlake, Sanjuan, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Washington, Wayne, Weber
Reproduction and Growth
Growth Rate: Rapid
Germination Overall: High
Germination Rate: Moderate
Germination Requirements: High temperatures
Reproduction: High
Establishment: High
Ecological
Best Suited For These Conditions: Disturbance
Best Suited For These Management Goals: Wildlife habitat, Big Game habitat, Songbird habitat, Upland Game habitat, Erosion control, Drought resilience
Additional Information
Commerical Availability: Yes
- https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_arpu9.pdf
- https://escholarship.org/content/qt6qz9n5vp/qt6qz9n5vp.pdf?t=krnpv5
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/graminoid/aripur/all.html
- https://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/grasses-and-grasslikes/red-threeawn
- https://vplants.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Aristida+purpurea&formsubmit=Search+Terms
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-016-1784-9