- Type:
- Grass
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry, Medium
- Height:
- 5 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Erosion Control, Raingarden, 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:
- Medium
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
- Pollinators:
- Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Nesting and Structure (Bees), Wind
- Counties:
- Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Isanti, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac qui, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Warm-season, native, perennial grass that forms loose clumps and reaches 4-8'. An excellent plant for stabilizing soils of slopes, buffers, and vegetated swales. A wonderful contrast or border plant for landscapes for a wide range of habitats. It is also suited for many restorations of meadows, prairies, and buffers. It has been used in shallow, well-drained rainwater gardens.