Southern Wiregrass
Aristida beyrichiana
Wiregrass is the bunchgrass that defines the longleaf pine savanna, carrying the ground fire the ecosystem depends on. Essential for Southeastern sandhill and savanna restoration.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, MS, SC
Related native plants
More Aristida species
- Purple Threeawn (Aristida purpurea)
- Arrowfeather Threeawn (Aristida purpurascens)
- Carolina Wiregrass (Aristida stricta)