Grasses

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Picture	Common name	Scientific name	Height	Flowering Period	Light Requirement	Moisture Requirement	Description
	Prairie junegrass	Koeleria macrantha	6-24”	April - June			Perennial, cool season, tufted bunchgrass. Several seed heads arise from basal cluster of narrow leaves. Green to purplish inflorescence.
	Basin wildrye	Leymus cinereus	3-6’	Early to mid-summer			Large, robust, cool season, perennial bunchgrass that is long-lived. Diameter 2 to 4 feet wide. Provides good cover for birds and wildlife. Good soil stabilizer.
	Sandberg bluegrass	Poa secunda	8-16”	June			Cool-season, short-lived, perennial bunchgrass with smooth deep blue green leaves, 8 to 16-inches long. Grows in either small tufts or large tussocks. Early spring growth provides cover for nesting upland game birds.
	Bluebunch wheatgrass	Pseudoroegneria spicata	1.5-4’	June			Long-lived, cool season bunchgrass with extensive root system. Leaves green to blue color. Seed spikes, 3 to 8 inches long. Provides cover for nesting upland birds. Good soil stabilizer.
	Needle and thread grass	Hesperostipa comata	1-4’	June			Cool-season, perennial bunchgrass with interesting 4 to 5-inch twisted awn that stems from the inflorescence.
	Tufted hairgrass	Deschampsia cespitosa	8-48”	June-August			Perennial, cool season, tufted bunchgrass. Inflorescence 4 to 12-iches long. Good for reclaiming disturbed soils at high elevation.
	Bottlebrush squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	4-25”	May - August			Cool-season, perennial bunchgrass. Inflorescence 1 ti 7 inches long. Easily established in open or disturbed sites. Competitive with weedy grasses such as cheatgrass.
	Idaho fescue	Festuca idahoensis	1-3’	May-July			Cool-season, perennial bunchgrass with fine, narrow leaves, blue to green in color.
	Indian ricegrass	Achnatherum hymenoides	8-30”	May-July			Bunchgrass with numerous leaves and attractive seed heads. Prefers sandy soils. Reproduces by seed. Forage for birds. Good stabilizer for soils susceptible to wind erosion.
	Thurber’s needle grass	Achnatherum thurberianum	12-24”	May-June			Perennial bunchgrass with purplish inflorescences, 3 to 4 inches long. Effective in reducing wind and water erosion on sandy or loamy soils.