Danthonia spicata (Poverty Oat Grass) available as singles or tray of plugs for ground cover

• We ship only to the New England and New York states. If you live near Fairfax, VT, consider buying at our farm, River Berry Farm.

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• Plants are delivered in a biodegradable wood fiber pot, 2.75" diameter by 3.5" deep.  

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Common Name:  Poverty Oat Gras

Attracts:  Butterflies, Larval Host, Birds

Use:  Garden, Naturalizing, Shade Gardens 

Light: Sun/Shade

Hardiness Zone:  3 to 8  USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Dry to Moist

Flower Time:  June-July

Flower Color:  Light Brown

Height:  1' - 1.5'

Notes:  Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oat Grass is a nice low growing, shade tolerant bunch grass with curling aging leaves, often a pioneer plant after wildfires, that offers bird seed and it hosts butterfly larvae.  Is nice in light shade gardens.  A very cool demonstration garden at Cornell uses Danthonia as a native lawn, interplanted with other wildflowers, for a fantastic bee lawn.  Cornell Native Lawn Demonstration.

Native to pretty much all of the US:  Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).