Canada Wildrye
CHARACTERISTICS
Planting Rate | Drilled: 10 to 12 PLS LBS per Acre |
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Plant Height | 4 Ft. |
Seed Count | 115,000 Seeds per Pound |
Botanical Name | Elymus canadensis |
Life Cycle | Perennial |
Environment | Full Sun to Partial Sun |
Preferred Sites | Mesic to Dry or Well Drained Soil _ Bottomlands-Ditches-Riverbanks |
Grazing Value | Fair |
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Description
Canada Wildrye
Canada Wildrye is a cool-season, native bunchgrass that is distributed throughout much of the United States. This intermediate height native grass establishes fast for quick cover and valuable component in erosion control mixes.
- Commonly found along ditches, stream banks and in prairies
- Adapts well to moist or dry, sandy or rocky soils
- Fair palatability for livestock and wildlife
- Works well as a mix component with warm season grasses
- Mature height of 3 feet
- Very good seedling vigor and fast establishing
- Very effective soil erosion control
- Seed in spring, or dormant seed in late fall
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