Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
A cool-season meadow bunchgrass forming dense tufts topped by airy, shimmering flower clouds that catch the light. Thrives in moist, even wet, sun or part shade. The seed has likely served as a ground-flour cereal, though details are thin.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY