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Botanic Name: Melica californica
Common Name: California Melic
Size: 2'h x 2'w
Sun: pt. shd
H20: summer dry
Deer Resistant
Resistance: high
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Description:
California Melic is a small, delicate grass often found on slopes under oak trees. Dry shade is its favorite home. Slender green foliage is topped with delicate floewrs of a subtle beauty. Goes semidormant through summer and fall, and is one fo the first plants to green back up with the arrival of fall rains. Lovely with Coastal Wood Fern.

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