Plant Names
Danthonia spicata
Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonie à épi
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Jaune
Bloom Period: May - Jul
Hauteur max: 0,2 feet
Max Width: 0,05 feet
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:
Landscape Uses:
No landscape information available.
Ecological Benefits:
Butterfly host
Butterfly host
Tolerates:
Special Features and Considerations:
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Poverty Oatgrass is a small, delicate native perennial grass that forms loose tufts of fine, wiry green leaves. It is particularly well adapted to dry, nutrient-poor soils, where many garden plants struggle. Small, inconspicuous flower and seed heads appear in summer. It naturally occurs in dry forests, open woodlands, rocky areas, sandy soils, barrens, and exposed sites.
Poverty Oatgrass prefers very well-drained soil. It is very drought tolerant once established and prefers lean soil. It can forms small clumps and is generally very well behaved. It can be slow to establish from seed.
Poverty Oatgrass prefers very well-drained soil. It is very drought tolerant once established and prefers lean soil. It can forms small clumps and is generally very well behaved. It can be slow to establish from seed.
Plant Location
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
No ecozone information available for this plant.
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Danthonia spicata
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Hesperia Leonardus
Leonard’s skipper - Hespérie de Léonard -
Hesperia Sassacus
Indian skipper - Hespérie indienne
Specialized Bees Supported by Danthonia spicata
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- No complementary plants found.
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
No substitute plant data available for this plant.
Sowing Information
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- Sowing depth: None
- Sow anytime
- Stratification duration: Not Available
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: July
- 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: None
- 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: No, you can donate without knowing the source as there are only straight species
- No harvesting video available at this time.