Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
Rough bentgrass (ticklegrass) is a delicate, widespread cool-season grass whose diffuse, hair-fine seed heads catch the light and break off to tumble in the wind.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY