Description
Photo attribution
Erutuon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-oats Grama)
Side-oats grama is a bunchy or sod-forming grass with 2-3 ft. stems in erect, wiry clumps. Purplish, oat-like spikelets uniformly line one side of the stem, bleaching to a tan color in the fall. The basal foliage often turns shades of purple and red in fall.
Landscape size: Up to about 24 inches tall.
Growing Conditions
- Light Requirement: Full, Part
- Native Habitat: Loose, sandy or rocky, well drained limestone soils.
- Soil Moisture: Med, Med-Dry, Dry
Food source or larval host for at least five types of skipper moths Birds eat seeds, Deer Resistant
