Onespike Oatgrass
Danthonia unispicata
Onespike oatgrass is a tiny western bunchgrass of dry, rocky openings and scablands, drought-hardy and well suited to lean rock-garden conditions.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY