Prairie Sandreed
Calamovilfa longifolia
Tall, rhizomatous sand-binder that stabilizes dunes and blowouts with airy seed plumes. Aggressive, but invaluable for erosion control on pure sand.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, PA, SD, WI, WY