Appearance
It is drought-tolerant, grows fast, reaches 3 feet in height, and has many purple, plumose flower spikes.Habitat
Fountaingrass has been introduced to the Canary Islands, Sicily, Sardinia, southern Spain, Australia, South Africa, Hawaii, the western United States, southern Florida and New Caledonia. It thrives in warmer, drier areas and threatens many native species, with which it competes very effectively as an invasive species. It also tends to increase the risk of intense wildfires, to which it is well adapted, thus posing a further threat to certain native species.In Europe, Fountain grass is included since 2017 in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This implies that this species cannot be imported, cultivated, transported, commercialized, planted, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union.
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