Common Name
Slender-stemmed panic grass
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
3.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Hardiness Zone
5,
6,
7
Additional Info
In varied dry-mesic to dry forests, woodlands, barrens, outcrops, clearings, fields, and other disturbed habitats; also occasionally in seasonally dry depression ponds, clay-soil flatwoods, and other alternately wet and droughty habitats. Although its full distribution has not yet been mapped, var. fasciculatum appears to be frequent to common throughout the state, likely in every county.
High Value Generalist
Earth Sangha lists this plant as a "High Value Generalist" because it is easy to grow, occurs across a wide range of habitats and is known to be of high value to wildlife
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Fall
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Dry
Commercially available
Yes
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