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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
Height:
3 to 4 feet
Project:
Boulevard, Erosion Control, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
Moderate
Salt Tolerance:
Medium
Stress Tolerance:
Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant, General Disturbance
Herbivore Sensitivity:
Medium to High
Behavior (Rate of Spread):
1
Pollinator Value:
Low
Benefit to Pollinators:
Larval Food
Pollinators:
Larval Host (Moth), Wind
Counties:
Aitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Swift, Traverse, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine

Notes/Description:

A short-lived, cool-season perennial grass that clumps and reaches heights up to 3'. Virginia wild rye is used mostly as a forage and haying species. It is also used along stream banks for stabilization, slope buffers, vegetated swales, and in floodplain forest or savanna areas. Consider it for many types of wetland restoration. This species can become aggressive if it is seeded too heavily.

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