Witchgrass
Panicum capillare
Witchgrass is an annual native grass whose huge, lacy seed panicles break off and tumble in the wind. Quick cover for disturbed ground; abundant seed for birds.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, 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, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY