- Type:
- Grass
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 3 to 5 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Brown, Green, Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- July, August, September
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Fire Tolerant, General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Medium
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Wind
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Marshall, Martin, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Norman, Otter Tail, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Winona, Wright
Notes/Description:
Woolgrass is not a true grass; it is actually a member of the sedge family. A coarse, densely clumped, native, perennial herb. Woolgrass has been used in restorations of wet meadwos, sedge meadwos, wet woodland reconstruction and peaty fens. It is an attractive plant for landscape design, mitigation and restoration sites. The short rhizomes help stabiize the soil. This species can be short-lived.