Rice Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Rice cutgrass is a wetland grass of marsh and pond edges with rough, blade-edged leaves and seeds favored by waterfowl. Spreads in saturated ground; site away from paths.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4.9–4.9 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY