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. The seed has likely been ground into flour, though details are thin.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.9–1.9 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY