Slender Wheatgrass
Elymus trachycaulus
Slender wheatgrass is a short-lived, widely adaptable cool-season bunchgrass used across the West for quick cover and restoration on a range of soils.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 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, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY