Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
Common cool-season wet-meadow grass with arching purple-tinged flower panicles aging to straw-gold. Spreads by rhizomes into solid stands. Important nesting cover for waterbirds.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4.9–4.9 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY