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
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV