Connu comme étant toxique - Toxic to mammals if ingested.
Plant Names
Panicum virgatum
Switch Grass
Panic raide
Synonyms
switchgrass
wand panicgrass
panic dressé
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Vert
Bloom Period: Jul - Sep
Hauteur max: 4,0 feet
Max Width: 4,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for shoreline rehabilitation
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for shoreline rehabilitation
Ecological Benefits:
Supports birds
Butterfly host
Supports birds
Butterfly host
Tolerates:
Tolerates salt conditions
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates sandy conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Tolerates salt conditions
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates sandy conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Switch Grass is a warm-season grass with open, lacy sprays with small seeds that grows in clumps. The plant grows in the prairies, bluffs, stream banks or roadsides where moisture is present, and open woods. It can survive loam, clay and areas with poor drainage.
Plant Location
Native to Ottawa region: Oui
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Maritime de l'Atlantique
- Plaines boréales
- Prairies
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Panicum virgatum
-
Anatrytone logan
Delaware skipper - Hespérie de Logan -
Hesperia Leonardus
Leonard’s skipper - Hespérie de Léonard -
Hesperia Sassacus
Indian skipper - Hespérie indienne
Specialized Bees Supported by Panicum virgatum
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- Coreopsis tripteris
Tall Tickseed
Coréopsis trifoliolé - Solidago altissima
Tall Goldenrod
Verge d’or haute - Solidago squarrosa
Squarrose Goldenrod
Verge d’or squarreuse - Symphyotrichum laeve
Smooth Aster
Aster lisse - Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
White Panicled Aster
Aster lancéolé
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Miscanthus (Silvergrass)
- Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass)
- Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary Grass)
- Pennisetum setaceum (Fountain Grass)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Couvrir très légèrement
- Sow anytime
- Stratification duration: 0 days
- Self-seeding
- Notes: Can be sown in late spring in warm soil.
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: September
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds easily fall off when you gently pull them off
- Harvesting:
- Utiliser la main pour détacher de la tige principale
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/32 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: Yes, do not donate unless you know source, and there are no known cultivars in your garden or at proximity
- Remove non-seed material
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Toxic to mammals if ingested.