Variable Panicgrass
Dichanthelium commutatum
Variable panicgrass is a broad-leaved woodland rosette grass that stays semi-evergreen, providing cover and seed in dappled shade and hosting skipper larvae.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4.9–4.9 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV