- Type:
- Grass
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry, Medium
- Height:
- 3 to 6 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Brown, Green
- Bloom Months:
- July, August, September, October
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant, General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium to High
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
- Pollinators:
- Butterflies, Larval Host (Butterfly), Native Bees, Nesting and Structure (Bees), Wind
- Counties:
- Anoka, Becker, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Martin, McLeod, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Roseau, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Coarse, native, perennial grass growing to 6 1/2'. Stout and erect. It is a fast-growing clump. Switchgrass has been used in stream bank, buffer, transitional and slope stabilization, especially where sandy. It is an excellent soil stabilizer. It is an aggressive species that may be appropriate for competing with invasive or non-native species.