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
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MA, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Danthonia species
- Poverty Oatgrass (Danthonia spicata)
- Timber Oatgrass (Danthonia intermedia)
- Onespike Oatgrass (Danthonia unispicata)