From our walk I am pleased to report that the Indiangrass is flowering.
Yes, grass does bloom.
One of the earliest warm season grasses to set seed, this prairie tall grass forms upright clumps with blue-green summer foliage that turns gold in the fall.
It is tolerant of a wide range of soils including the crappy heavy clay soils around these parts.
Many species of grasshoppers and caterpillars feed on Sorghastrum nutans. In turn, these insects are important food sources for upland game birds and song birds, where they will also find ideal nesting habitat in stands of tall prairie grasses such as this.
Yes, grass does bloom.
One of the earliest warm season grasses to set seed, this prairie tall grass forms upright clumps with blue-green summer foliage that turns gold in the fall.
It is tolerant of a wide range of soils including the crappy heavy clay soils around these parts.
Many species of grasshoppers and caterpillars feed on Sorghastrum nutans. In turn, these insects are important food sources for upland game birds and song birds, where they will also find ideal nesting habitat in stands of tall prairie grasses such as this.
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