Spike Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
Spike bentgrass is an adaptable western bentgrass of moist meadows and streambanks, used in restoration and erosion control on a range of wet-to-mesic soils.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY