Spike Trisetum
Trisetum spicatum
Spike trisetum is a compact cool-season bunchgrass of alpine tundra and rocky high country worldwide, with dense bristly seed spikes, hardy for cold rock gardens.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY