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It thrives on thin well drained soils (typically those with shallow bedrock layers), but it is widely adaptable and can establish in deeper, moist soils, and partial shade as long as weedy non-native grasses are controlled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of its bunchy form and non-aggressive growth habit, it mixes perfectly with wildflowers, creating a true meadow plant community. Roemer’s fescue has thin leaf blades, seed heads that reach up to a foot in height, and varies in color from rich silver blue to green to purple or red. It is a likely host plant for the woodland skipper butterfly (\u003cem\u003eOchlodes sylvanoides\u003c\/em\u003e) and is a dominant grass in habitats occupied by the endangered mardon skipper (\u003cem\u003ePolites mardon\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable in two sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e200 sqft (8.0 grams - Approximately 8000 to 10,000 seeds)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1000 sqft (40.0 grams - Approximately 40,000 to 50,000 seeds)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"200 square feet (8.0 grams)","offer_id":50119114817782,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 square feet (40.0 grams)","offer_id":50119114850550,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/roemers-fescue-seeds-festuca-idahoensis-ssp-romeri-467815.jpg?v=1770320574"},{"product_id":"tufted-hairgrass","title":"Tufted Hairgrass Seeds (Deschampsia cespitosa)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaterpillar host plant for more than 40 species of butterflies!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe name of this sublime native grass, perfectly sums up its appearance. From short tight green clumps, tufted hairgrass sends up tall golden seed heads, creating a fuzzy, impressionist appearance in late summer and fall landscapes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis native grass is attractive enough to find widespread use in even highly manicured ornamental gardens -- both as a specimen plant -- and in mass plantings. Famed Dutch landscape architect, Piet Oudolf has made extensive use of this species, including in New York's famous High Line park.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeyond ornamental uses, tufted hairgrass is a premier restoration species, tolerating partial shade, poorly drained sites, and even polluted soils and polluted air. It's an ideal species for use in rain gardens, bioswales, roadsides, streambanks and riparian area plantings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTufted hairgrass has wide distribution across the West, and in cool climate states, all the way East to New England. Across this range, caterpillars of dozens of species of butterflies feed on the foliage of this plant, especially skippers like the Juba skipper, a common Northwestern butterfly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable in two sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e200 sqft (8.0 grams - Approximately 8000 to 10,000 seeds)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1000 sqft (40.0 grams - Approximately 40,000 to 50,000 seeds)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"200 square feet (8.0 grams)","offer_id":50119083753718,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 square feet (40.0 grams)","offer_id":50119083786486,"sku":null,"price":31.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/tufted-hairgrass-seeds-deschampsia-cespitosa-298049.jpg?v=1770321226"},{"product_id":"blue-wild-rye-seeds-elymus-glaucus","title":"Blue Wild Rye Seeds (Elymus glaucus)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn excellent utilitarian grass for erosion control, wildlife, and agroforestry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith seedheads that can reach 4 to 5 feet in height, blue wild rye is one of the biggest native grasses in the Northwest. Its wide blue-green blades and thick fibrous root systems can put on a lot of biomass, yet, it usually does not form large single-species monocultures in nature. Rather it tends to pop up in small clumps in open meadows and forest edges among smaller statured species such as tufted hairgrass, California oatgrass, meadow barley, and yarrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue wild rye does not form extensive rhizomes, but it can spread short distances with stolons and through re-seeding. Mostly it maintains a clumpy growth habit which provides valuable insect nesting and overwintering habitat for species such as lady beetles and ground surface nesting bumble bees. Additionally, the foliage is palatable to livestock and decent for grazing, and is a preferred food source for elk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe like blue wild rye for its value as an erosion control plant, and its ability to muscle into grasslands, ditches, and forest edges without taking over and crowding out other grasses and wildflowers. It’s also an ideal utilitarian plant for reforestration and agroforestry projects, providing useful shelter for seedling trees and tolerating partial shade as those young trees mature. It likes rich soils, but is tolerant of a wide range of conditions. Typically, no pre-treatment is necessary to get blue wild rye to germinate, however to get great establishment we recommend growing it out in flats, then transplanting it where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable in two sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100 sqft (15.0 grams - Approximately 500 seeds)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e500 sqft (75.0 grams - Approximately 2,500 seeds)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"100 square feet (15.0 grams)","offer_id":50119110852854,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 square feet (75.0 grams)","offer_id":50119110885622,"sku":null,"price":31.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/blue-wild-rye-seeds-elymus-glaucus-528945.jpg?v=1770232785"},{"product_id":"prairie-junegrass-seeds-koeleria-macrantha","title":"Prairie Junegrass Seeds (Koeleria macrantha)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA tough, but lush, clumpy grass that can support butterfly caterpillars, grazing mammals, and even function as a lawn grass.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a number of other Northwest regional meadow species (selfheal, yellow rattle, yarrow), prairie junegrass is a species with circumpolar distribution, occurring across much of the cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In the UK where it is a foundation of many upland meadows it’s known as crested hairgrass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a lush, clump-forming grass for open, exposed areas with good drainage and a decent amount of sun. Like nearly all of our regionally-adapted grasses, this is a species that puts on most of its growth in cooler seasons (fall and spring), with growth slowing in mid-summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrairie junegrass is a host plant for caterpillars of the Columbia skipper butterfly (\u003cem\u003eHesperia columbia\u003c\/em\u003e) and probably a number of other skippers as well. It’s also highly palatable for livestock, deer, and elk. Functionally, this is a highly versatile grass, and can be allowed to either mature into its natural tussock (or mounded) shaped, which is an interesting architectural feature, or it can be mowed roughly and included in alternative turf mixes to create a lawn-like effect with some ecological value. (A few good junegrass companion species for this approach are red fescue, selfheal, prairie burnet).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMature height (including the seed heads) is approximately 1.5 feet. 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While there are also non-native subspecies of this plant (such as European types) our native version is a slightly bunch forming grass (as opposed to creeping) which makes it a good companion for wildflowers since it tends to leave openings in a sward for some of those wildflowers to establish and persist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenerally, red fescue is widely adapted to many different soils, however it definitely prefers cooler (rather than hotter) locations, rich soils, and sites that are neither completely wet, nor completely parched and dry. It can even tolerate partial shade. All of that said, it can show up in surprising places that are as diverse as salt marshes and tundra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs grasses go, it is also somewhat shorter in stature, typically not growing more than around 18 inches in maximum height, and it has a good tolerance for mowing, animal browsing, and occasional foot traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause red fescue is a bit more prolific than some species of native grasses, it has a good reputation for excluding weed invasions, with some research demonstrating that red fescue root exudates help slow the encroachment of shrubby weeds. (We think this makes it a good candidate to try for reducing Scotch broom invasions). Red fescue also has a good reputation for tolerating contaminated or polluted soil locations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe often use red fescue in combination with other native grasses as a foundation (or matrix) plant in low maintenance meadows, pollinator lawns that need to be mowed periodically, for slopes that need erosion control, and in partially shaded locations where other grasses would struggle. It can also be grown out as nice densely-tufted plugs, then planted on a grid to create an attractive, architectural grass-scape. Red fescue is a host plant for several skipper butterflies, and for the hemi-parasitic plant, yellow rattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 3000 to 6000 seeds (14 grams) - enough to very densely cover around 100 to 150 square feet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30337433075802,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/native-red-fescue-seeds-festuca-rubra-1294694.jpg?v=1776000787"},{"product_id":"meadow-barley-seeds-hordeum-brachyantherum","title":"Meadow Barley Seeds (Hordeum brachyantherum)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the most adaptable native grasses for meadow landscaping.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the first grasses we recommend for people trying to incorporate native grasses and wildflowers together. Meadow barley maintains a graceful upright stature without a huge amount of biomass or producing a thick leafy base. The result is a plant that is good at co-mingling with other species, whether smaller wildflowers such as Douglas meadowfoam, or larger more spreading species such as Puget gumweed (both of which combine very well with meadow barley).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong grasses, this is a fast-growing species, with an ability to adapt to a wide range of different circumstances, from salty sea level marshes to high alpine meadows. It needs full sun, but can otherwise tolerate many different soil and drainage conditions. Found from Alaska to California, meadow barley develops handsome brassy-colored seed heads on 2-foot tall stalks. If we had to recommend only one-grass for inclusion in most meadow seed mixes in the Northwest, this would be the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 3000 seeds (8 grams) - a nice amount to seed around 100 to 200 square feet!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30337433501786,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/meadowbarley1.jpg?v=1775974491"},{"product_id":"chamisso-sedge-seeds-carex-pachystachya","title":"Chamisso Sedge Seeds (Carex pachystachya)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the best grass-substitutes for combining with wildflower plantings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile most sedges have specific associations with wetlands or wet environments, Chamisso sedge is also tolerant of drier, upland conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis grass-like plant produces handsome brown seedheads on top of long, graceful, upright, slender stalks. It is wonderful for integrating with wildflowers, creating minimal competition for light or space. The long, texture-rich foliage towers above smaller flowers, creating an interesting substitute for grass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is definitely a plant for full sun conditions and it germinates best with light exposure, so surface sowing is ideal. Chamisso sedge is deer-resistant, and native from Alaska to California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 1000 to 2000 seeds per packet (2.0 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31688483471450,"sku":"","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/chamisso-sedge-seeds-carex-pachystachya-684509.jpg?v=1770233065"},{"product_id":"spike-bentgrass-seeds-agrostis-exarata","title":"Spike Bentgrass Seeds (Agrostis exarata)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis is a resilient and under-appreciated grass for damp spaces and wet meadows. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eSpike bentgrass can hold ground against invasive reed canary grass, and still leave spaces for damp ground wildflowers such as camas to grow. In fact, its tufted growth habit and short stature (usually not more than 2-feet), leaves a lot of spaces for interesting wildflower companion plantings, as well as sedges, and other grasses. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eCombine it with tufted hair grass to create a structure of tufts and clumping hummocks, contrasted by the lower, tunnel-like spaces in between. This kind of varied ground structure supports all of the most fascinating kinds of meadow organisms that we are always crouched down looking for on our own farm – predatory ground beetles, Townsend’s vole, blue garter snakes, the caterpillars of various skipper butterflies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\" class=\"m7434415846056213592msolistparagraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eSpike bentgrass is a caterpillar host plant for the sublime and smoky-metallic-colored roadside skipper butterfly (\u003cem\u003eAmblyscirtes vialis\u003c\/em\u003e). 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It can even tolerate slightly brackish water. These attributes make it excellent erosion control species that can buffer shoreline areas of lakes, ponds, estuaries, slow moving rivers, wet ditches, and rain gardens. 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Interestingly it produces a huge amount of seed that mostly remains dormant in the soil until presented with some catastrophic ground disturbance that allows it to sprout and begin the meadow lifecycle all over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext time you go for a walkabout, pay some attention to the \"grass\" growing in pavement cracks on a street -- you'll notice that a lot of it is actually toad rush! Did the seeds somehow spill into that crack from a mysterious \"elsewhere?\" Or was that toad rush seed actually long buried under the pavement only to germinate when a crack appeared?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile technically a \"wetland\" plant, toad rush is as tough as anything and will grow in most conditions with a bit of sun and the occasional trickle of water. 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Yet it is resilient enough to withstand dry seasonal conditions, freezing, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the name suggests, this plant thrives in damp, coastal regions, however it does also occur across a number of inland states as well. The locations where this grass is not well suited are hot, humid climates and deserts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith exceptionally soft leaf blades, and a spreading turf-type growth form, this grass is a joy to walk on – and it solidly withstands regular foot traffic. It is suitable for home lawns, septic drain fields, parks and cemeteries, pet enclosures, and habitat areas (it is a likely caterpillar host plant for several skipper butterflies).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis grass is also highly versatile. Mow it regularly to 3 or 4 inches in height for a traditional lawn appearance. 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If left unmowed, western fescue will produce seed heads that approach almost two-feet tall in height, while the thin, soft blades remain shorter and arch over into undulating mounds (that resemble lush, miniature green hills).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor reliability in lawn applications, fescues are usually combined into multi-species mixes, most often with related species such as red fescue, Roemer’s fescue, and Idaho fescue. 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While the foliage remains only about a foot tall, if left unmowed, the grass will produce 2 feet tall stalks topped by graceful spikelet seedheads. Additionally this grass has the curious and fascinating habitat of sometimes producing cleisttogamous (self-fertilized) seeds that grow within the lower stems of the plant (!). While somewhat diminutive, this rugged plant can produce root systems more than 5-feet in depth, allowing it to persist even in quite dry conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce commonly and lavishly occurring in west coast oak savannahs, and in western prairies with native fine-leaved fescues, this brilliant grass is in widespread decline, often crowded out by invasive species and poor land management. Even so, it is sometimes the last native plant found in western grassy areas, particularly along hedgerows and forest edges, occupying the precious thin interface between woody vegetation and open ground that has been invaded by more aggressive alien grasses. While it is a sun-loving species (especially in moderate climates), it establishes very well in dappled shade, such as under hardwood trees. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalifornia oatgrass can be tricky to start from seed and sometimes benefits from cold exposure, ample moisture, and, (importantly) light exposure, for effective germination. 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It is a plant for the Blade Runner era, for abandoned industrial zones, for rooftops, and for crumbling vacant shopping malls.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003ePath rush lives in such places all while offering back myriad good things: soil stabilization, food for various grasshoppers and scores of small little beetles (the foundational food for countless songbirds), as well as its beauty as a tufty little grass-like plant with interesting architecture.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eStaying between about 6 to12 inches in height, this handsome clumping plant develops semi-stiff, deep-green stems, and ultimately small round seed capsules.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eTolerant of mowing, and a charming addition to wild lawns, it’s time to rediscover this under-appreciated, structurally unique, and generous little plant.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eGrown into plugs, path rush can be transplanted into a grid configuration, providing a visually fascinating matrix of strongly upright stems, which can then be in-filled with contrasting wildflowers. 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Germinating in late winter or spring, this annual native grass produces single stems, and sometimes sparsely branching clumps, and goes to seed (completing its entire lifecycle) before the peak of summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rapid growth makes three week fescue a highly useful species under conditions where rapid soil cover is needed. For example, planted into bare ground around slower-growing perennials, three week fescue can stabilize soil and reduce spaces for weeds to establish. It can also serve as a quick, and short-lived living mulch ground cover on sites where follow-up permanent native plant establishment is planned later on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidespread across the West Coast and Inland West (from Western Canada southward to Mexico), three week fescue tops out at around 2-feet tall, with graceful purple-ish seed heads. Despite the short lifespan, this grass leaves behind little biomass after it dies, with the foliage quickly decomposing and reducing wildfire potential and rank thatch build-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, three week fescue naturally occurs in sandy and serpentine soils, as well as seasonally flooded ground, but is tolerant of a wide range of conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike various other native fescues, this grass is a likely host plant for quite a few caterpillars of various moths and butterflies, including the common ringlet (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoenonympha tullia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), the sandhill skipper (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolites sabuleti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), the Sonora skipper (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolites sonora\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), the Mardon skipper (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolites mardon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), the sierra skipper (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHesperia miriamae\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), Lindsey’s skipper (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHesperia lindseyi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), and the Nevada skipper (\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHesperia nevada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacket Size: Approximately 1000 seeds (10 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46050054865142,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/three-week-fescue-seed-festuca-microstachys-748120.jpg?v=1739775825"},{"product_id":"daggerleaf-spikerush-seeds-juncus-densifoliius","title":"Daggerleaf Rush Seeds (Juncus ensifoliius)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAn exceptionally showy grass-like rush, with striking copper-colored ‘pom-pom’ flowers and seedheads. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eDaggerleaf rush is one of the plants that is equally at home in the wild, as well as in the most manicured ornamental garden. With long, flat electric-green leaves, and bold – almost metallic – highly textured seed heads, this plant is the essence of vibrant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eGrowing up to about two feet in height, with a clumping growth habit, daggerleaf rush is a widespread wetland and damp ground plant, occurring across the West -- from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains, and from Alaska south to Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eMost rushes, especially this one, are under-valued, yet excellent, wildlife plants. In the case of daggerleaf rush, the seeds are a choice waterfowl and songbird food, while meadow voles and muskrats browse on roots and basal foliage. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eNote that all rushes – including this species -- are also under-recognized and under-valued for their insect value. While little is known about the various insect associates of rushes (and many of the observed insect associates have not been identified to species level), we do know that dozens of small moth species have been observed feeding on the foliage or seeds. Additionally, rushes are extensively used by various midges, psyllids, plant hoppers, thrips, and grasshoppers. Taken together the sheer volume of these insect associates make rushes extremely valuable to insectivorous birds. (Note the abundance of swallows flying acrobatically above wetlands and wet meadows where these plants grow!) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eDaggerleaf rush strongly prefers wet edges and damp meadows (as opposed to standing water). This is a great rain garden and bioswale plant. 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Sturdy and handsome, with steely blue-gray foliage, American dunegrass rises to about 4-feet in height, preferring the harshest locations of windswept unstable sandy, and rocky, dry, seashell scree soils. This grass wants relentless wind, nutrient deprivation, compacted ground, salt spray, periodic flooding and storms. It brushes off these events with large anchoring rhizomes and the admirable ability to flex and sway in the face of difficulty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThere is extensive historic use of dunegrass as a fiber and textile plant by coastal people who made beautiful, intricate baskets with its leaves and stems. This plant can also be crossed with wheat to produce novel hybrids, possibly holding the genetic promise of some future grain economy unimaginable to us today. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eAlthough American dunegrass is primarily a coastal species, it adapts very well to many sunny, dry, inland sites. We have seen it used in “coastal” gardens, miles from the actual edge of water. It is sometimes used in reclaimation projects (gravel mines, logging landings) where it tolerates compacted conditions. It holds promise for use in interesting, but difficult urban locations that are confounded by poor soils and extreme microclimates where it can spread around via its rhizomes to create attractive waving swaths for screening and defining boundary edges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eNote this is slow and sometimes challenging plant to grow from seed. We have a limited understanding of its germination preferences, but we recommend attempting to start it in wet, sandy, media.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e(800+ seeds) 8-grams.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48758305325302,"sku":"LEYMOL","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/american-dunegrass-seeds-leymus-mollis-4991226.jpg?v=1752973172"},{"product_id":"poverty-oatgrass-seeds-danthonia-spicata","title":"Poverty Oatgrass Seeds (Danthonia spicata)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe common name of this unusual, low-growing, curly-leaved grass refers to the fact that it grows most favorably on impoverished ground, where few other plants have the ability to thrive. Occurring in scattered, local populations across much of temperate North America (only absent in parts of the central Great Plains), poverty oatgrass tolerates full sun to partial shade, and dry, nutrient-poor, coarse soils where other grasses struggle – imagine remote rocky bluffs, ‘goat prairies,’ and desolate lonely places of thin, ancient soils. In these locations, this small, non-competitive, slow growing grass most happily persists. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eYet, with leaves that stay between 4 to 6-inches in length, and seedheads arising to only about 12-inches in height, this tufty little grass is also a standout for wild lawns, incorporating tremendously well with low-growing wildflowers without crowding them out. (It’s been identified as an excellent performing species in the Native Lawn project trials at Cornell University). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003ePoverty oatgrass is a caterpillar host plant for various skipper butterflies (\u003ci\u003eHesperia\u003c\/i\u003e spp.) – and for the marvelously mysterious Chryxus arctic butterfly (\u003ci\u003eOeneis chryxus\u003c\/i\u003e) – a rare-ish treebark-camouflaged creature that shows up like a divine forest sprite unexpectedly in places as diverse as Alaska, and Michigan and New Mexico – a butterfly that appears and then disappears, leaving you to wonder if you ever actually saw it, much like this grass that it feeds upon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e7000+ seeds (8.0 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48758613573878,"sku":null,"price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/poverty-oatgrass-seeds-danthonia-spicata-8249659.jpg?v=1752973173"},{"product_id":"woolgrass-seeds-scirpus-cyperinus","title":"Woolgrass Seeds (Scirpus cyperinus)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eHow can shallow, muddy, sometimes polluted ground give rise to something as beautiful as this? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eWoolgrass is a clumping wetland emergent species, an elaborate, pendulous cottony\/wooly plant-soul, an excellent bird plant, one that feeds numerous waterfowl with its abundant seeds (and the many tiny insects feeding upon those seeds), while also providing soft, nest-ready foliage for various small ground-nesting shorebirds such as sandpipers and rails.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eRising up to more than 5-feet in height (although often much shorter), woolgrass shows up in scattered wetland locations across much of North America. It tends to occur in the shallow mud zones where water meets land, spreading around a bit via slow-growing rhizomes where it finds conditions favorable. A striking and unique plant for bioswales and water gardens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e1000+ seeds (0.3 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48817059561718,"sku":null,"price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/woolgrass-seeds-scirpus-cyperinus-1470585.jpg?v=1753553282"},{"product_id":"prairie-woodrush-seeds-luzula-macrantha","title":"Prairie Woodrush Seeds (Luzula macrantha)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eAn infinitely more attractive alternative to that non-native dwarf mondo grass (\u003ci\u003eOphiopogon japanicus\u003c\/i\u003e) sold in big box nurseries…this beautiful, clump-forming, draping, grass-like plant was sometimes previously treated as a subspecies of \u003ci\u003eLuzula comosa\u003c\/i\u003e (Pacific woodrush), although to us they look distinctly different. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003ePreferring low to moderate elevations, prairie woodrush is tolerant of partial shade, such as the understory of oak savannas, hedgerow edges, and places where meadow meets forest. It is seemingly adapted to a diversity of soil types, ranging from dry forested slopes to open, wet meadows, and typically grows from southeastern Alaska to California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eWe know little known about the wildlife interactions of this plant, although our farm’s wild quail tend to browse within it, and the deer seemingly ignore it. Plant it with Columbine, Oregon phacelia, and fringecup in partially shaded areas for a gorgeously balanced small wildlife garden.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e300+ seeds (0.5-grams)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48817926177014,"sku":null,"price":8.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/prairie-woodrush-seeds-luzula-macrantha-1677470.jpg?v=1753553280"},{"product_id":"needle-spikerush-seeds-eleocharis-acicularis","title":"Needle Spikerush Seeds (Eleocharis acicularis)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eRising from wet soils along the edges of ponds, vernal pools, and slow streams, this most delicate plant threads the water’s surface with fine, green needles, swaying and nodding in spring currents -- or stands tall as a thin green carpet over muddy ground. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eRhizomatous and fine-textured, needle spikerush occurs across much of North America. It’s a plant that thrives where water lingers just long enough to sustain its hair-thin stems, often mere inches in length, each tipped with a single, tight spikelet—no showy petals, no drama – blooming from spring through summer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThink of this little plant as infrastructure, a sediment stabilizer, an oxygen source for shallow waters, a spawning substrate for amphibians, forage for waterfowl.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003ePut it to work in stormwater swales, constructed wetlands, aquariums, rain gardens with prolonged saturation, and de-paved urban basins where water once sheeted across asphalt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eApproximately 500+ Seeds (0.15 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50112229212406,"sku":null,"price":9.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/needle-spikerush-seeds-eleocharis-acicularis-1606316.jpg?v=1774177747"},{"product_id":"purple-needlegrass-seeds-nassella-pulchra","title":"Purple Needlegrass Seeds (Nassella pulchra)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eCalifornia’s state grass is a plant of handsome, decorative seedheads. This bunchy perennial evokes western prairies before the plow. Once common, purple needlegrass formerly dominated millions of acres of coastal terraces, inland valleys, and foothills, especially west of the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eWith deep-roots (often exceeding 10 feet), purple needlegrass is optimized for drought. It’s long-lived, growing to a respectable 2–3 feet tall, and flowering in late spring to early summer with elegant, purple-tinged awns that catch evening light like radio antennae from another world. This is a grass that will occupy well-drained loams and clays. It tolerates summer heat, and persists where gaudy big box nursery plants fail to thrive. The seeds of purple needlegrass are food for sparrows and quail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eIn every way this is a cornerstone species for California grasslands, Co-plant it with spring annuals – poppies and lupines – or – mix it with other California native grasses such as Idaho fescue, prairie junegrass, and California oatgrass to create a durable grassy cover for wildlife. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e700+ Seeds (4 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50113788772598,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/purple-needlegrass-seeds-nassella-pulchra-8224362.jpg?v=1775586369"},{"product_id":"short-awn-foxtail-seeds-alopecurus-aequalis","title":"Short Awn Foxtail Seeds (Alopecurus aequalis)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eShort Awn Foxtail is a native grass of temporarily watery lands. It is not, as some might mistakenly believe, the non-native weedy meadow foxtail (\u003cem\u003eAlopecurus pratensis\u003c\/em\u003e). Indeed this is an increasingly rare species in many locations, a plant lost to foolhardy drainage schemes and habitat degradation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eFound across much of North America, this small, well-mannered grass preferentially occupies shallow wetlands and seasonally flooded meadows (where the foliage and seeds are heartily enjoyed by waterfowl). Short awn foxtail can easily withstand months of flooding, then emerge lush and dark green on the flood-receded ground, as though it knew its time in the sun would eventually arrive. Know however that this plant can grow and thrive even in drier, upland soils, but it doesn’t perform well with competition from larger, more vigorous species in those dry places. Additionally, while this is usually a fresh water associated species, we see it growing on soils that receive some seasonal below ground saltwater infiltration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eShort awn foxtail is a cool-season short-lived perennial (sometimes functionally an annual) that remains roughly 6 to 18 inches tall. We’ve experimentally seeded it into wet lawns (!) with good effect, watching it grow where traditional turf struggles. Combine with meadowfoam, popcorn flower, and blue-eyed mary, to create an annual springtime display in areas that stay damp all winter western regions. Or plant it with native Persicaria east of the Rockies. A “must have” for bioswales and rain gardens. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eApproximately 5,000+ seeds (6-grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50346261610742,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/short-awn-foxtail-seeds-alopecurus-aequalis-9783563.jpg?v=1775503508"},{"product_id":"green-sheath-sedge-1","title":"Green Sheath Sedge Seeds (Carex feta)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eSedges can be enigmatic and inscrutable for many of us. There's such an expansive diversity of species that it can be a bit confounding not only to identify which one is which, but also to develop of sense of which one grows where, and why. Or, what makes one more or less desirable in a certain location. And, how specific sedges interact with the other plants and animals that they live among.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eSo with green sheath sedge, here are some of the basics most relevant to the native plant gardener or habitat manager:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis is a legitimate wet feet sedge (not like Chamisso sedge that can stand a bit of dry ground). Green sheath sedge enjoys both surface and sub-surface moisture. If your feet sort of sink into wet soil, green sheath sedge is going to be happy where you stand. It tends to hang out with the rushes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis sedge also seems to enjoy cooler temperatures and cooler water – but not extremes of cold. It shows up at both mid and low elevations, around the shores of cool water lakes and spring-fed marshes. Water quality may also be factor for this plant, it’s not something we tend to see in polluted wetlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eGreen sheath sedge is green-green-green! A bright, true green. It’s quite beautiful. The seed heads arise on 2-foot tall-ish stems that roughly resemble common orchard grass at a great distance (with the seeds arranged in semi-alternating clusters in the stem), but if you know the green intensity of this sedge, you can start to discern it even at a distance. (And the more familiar with it you become, the more you see it out and about in the world).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis plant forms loose, sparse tussocks (it is clumping but not densely so), but it can form large colonies, collectively becoming a dense planting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eGreen sheath sedge also has a tendency towards lodging – flopping over with stems becoming bent and drooping back into the soggy ground below (probably a good way to reseed itself). This growth form is sometimes off-putting to pedants who want to see every graminoid robustly upright in posture. And yet, animals see things quite differently: a flopped over sedge mass is where you make your nest if you are a redwing blackbird. It’s the cover you seek when you are a muskrat or meadow vole which is why marshes have beautiful harrier marsh hawks. Lodged sedges provide breeding cover for frog eggs, and concealment for garter snakes which use aquatic habitats extensively for both foraging and hibernating (yes, they often hibernate in and around water). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis sedge is also a likely caterpillar host for various butterflies, including likely the Umber skipper (\u003cem\u003ePoanes melane\u003c\/em\u003e), Macoun's arctic (\u003cem\u003eOeneis macounii\u003c\/em\u003e), and the Melissa Arctic (\u003cem\u003eOeneis melissa\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eSo there’s a lot going on with this particular sedge. Its range is mostly limited to the West Coast (from British Columbia to central California), and mostly west of the Cascades and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s a great plant for doing all the things you might want a sedge to do – making wild networks of fine root systems that stitch themselves together into a wonderful fibrous soil network – occupying lots of ground to reduce invasion by noxious things such as reed canary grass, etc. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eAnd yet, you might also just enjoy this plant for its vibrant green that broadcasts life to everything that encounters it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eUse it in rain gardens, bioswales, marsh restoration, and for guerilla gardening those mandatory, rectangular, chain link-fence surrounded eyesore stormwater detention ponds that get installed behind big box stores and next to nursing homes. 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