California Oatgrass
Danthonia californica
California oatgrass is a cool-season bunchgrass of western meadows and oak woodlands, a key native lawn and meadow grass that greens up with winter rains.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY