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. Recorded as extensively used for food, likely the seed, though details are thin.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY