Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
Thickspike wheatgrass is a sod-forming, rhizomatous cool-season grass of the western plains, prized for erosion control and revegetation on dry, disturbed ground.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, CO, ID, MI, MT, ND, NE, NV, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY