Panicum virgatum

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Switchgrass

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Perennial grass; 3-5ft tall

  • Clump forming, warm season grass; reddish-purple seedheads; golden in autumn

  • Valued for its ability to stabilize soil and abate erosion; can be used for low windbreak plantings in crop fields

  • Host plant to Tawny-Edged Skipper, Delaware Skipper and Dotted Skipper

  • Provides both winter food (seeds) and cover (foliage) for gamebirds, song birds and small mammals

  • Can spread aggressively via seed dispersal and rhizomes; management required in small landscape plantings

Size:

Switchgrass

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Perennial grass; 3-5ft tall

  • Clump forming, warm season grass; reddish-purple seedheads; golden in autumn

  • Valued for its ability to stabilize soil and abate erosion; can be used for low windbreak plantings in crop fields

  • Host plant to Tawny-Edged Skipper, Delaware Skipper and Dotted Skipper

  • Provides both winter food (seeds) and cover (foliage) for gamebirds, song birds and small mammals

  • Can spread aggressively via seed dispersal and rhizomes; management required in small landscape plantings

Details

  • Golden, Yellow

  • Summer, Fall

  • 3-5’

  • Dry, Medium, Wet

  • Full, Partial

  • Tawny-Edged Skipper
    Delaware Skipper
    Dotted Skipper

  • FAC - occurs in both wetlands and non-wetlands

  • No cold stratification required