INDIANA WILDLIFE FEDERATION PRAIRIE GRASS NATIVE PLANT … · mid summer. Thrives in medium dry to...
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Certain caterpillars feed on this grass. Takes moist to slightly dry conditions. Likes full sun to partial shade. Grows 2 to 4 feet. Songbirds and mammals eat seeds. A cool season grass found in sandy soil. Tolerates most climates, takes full sun Grows 1 to 2 feet. Best plant for stabilizing slopes prone to erosion. Long-lived warm season grass, takes full sun. Grows 5 to 6 feet Sideoats Grama Copper Shouldered Oval Sedge Bottlebrush Grass June Grass Virginia Wild Rye Switch Grass Takes full sun to partial shade with moist fertile soil. Will do well as a screen, drought tolerant once established. Grows 3 to 7 feet. Grass seed is eaten by song birds and upland game birds, useful for thin upland ranges. Requires full sun. Grazed by deer Grows 2 to 4 feet. Little Bluestem Big Bluestem Likes semi-shaded areas with moist soil like shaded banks, fence rows, and open woodlands. Provides seed and nesting material for small mammals and birds. Will take sun or shade. Grows 2 to 3 feet. It greens up early in spring before the warm season grasses begin to grow. The coppery-brown seedheads appear mid summer. Thrives in medium dry to medium moist soils. Grows 1 to 3 feet. Likes rocky open slopes & woodlands. Furnishes forages for deer. Requires full sun to partial shade. Grows 15 to 30 inches Prairie Dropseed Indian Grass Great food and cover for wildlife. Green in summer, bright orange in fall. Likes full sun. Grows 18 to 30 inches. A warm season grass used for erosion control. Likes moist fertile soil, full sun to partial shade. Grows 3 to 4 feet. This kit contains 5 of each Indiana Native variety for a total of 50 plants ready for planting. Kits will be delivered to your door during the months of mid May thru June. Order online at www.indianawildlife.org/wildlife/native-plants/ Cost is $120 plus $25 shipping and handling. A portion of each sale benefits IWF’s Wildlife Friendly programs. Due to availability and growing conditions, substitutions may be made for certain species within kits. INDIANA WILDLIFE FEDERATION PRAIRIE GRASS NATIVE PLANT KIT Indiana Wildlife Federation • 708 East Michigan Street • Indianapolis, IN 46202 317 875-9453 (WILD) • www.indianawildlife.org
Transcript of INDIANA WILDLIFE FEDERATION PRAIRIE GRASS NATIVE PLANT … · mid summer. Thrives in medium dry to...
Certain caterpillars feed on this grass.
Takes moist to slightly dry conditions.
Likes full sun to partial shade. Grows
2 to 4 feet.
Songbirds and mammals eat seeds. A
cool season grass found in sandy soil.
Tolerates most climates, takes full sun
Grows 1 to 2 feet.
Best plant for stabilizing slopes
prone to erosion. Long-lived warm
season grass, takes full sun. Grows
5 to 6 feet
Sideoats Grama
Copper Shouldered Oval Sedge
Bottlebrush Grass
June Grass
Virginia Wild Rye
Switch Grass
Takes full sun to partial shade with moist
fertile soil. Will do well as a screen,
drought tolerant once established. Grows
3 to 7 feet.
Grass seed is eaten by song birds and
upland game birds, useful for thin
upland ranges. Requires full sun. Grazed
by deer Grows 2 to 4 feet.
Little Bluestem
Big Bluestem
Likes semi-shaded areas with moist soil
like shaded banks, fence rows, and open
woodlands. Provides seed and nesting
material for small mammals and birds.
Will take sun or shade. Grows 2 to 3 feet.
It greens up early in spring before the
warm season grasses begin to grow.
The coppery-brown seedheads appear
mid summer. Thrives in medium dry to
medium moist soils. Grows 1 to 3 feet.
Likes rocky open slopes & woodlands.
Furnishes forages for deer. Requires full
sun to partial shade. Grows 15 to 30
inches
Prairie Dropseed
Indian Grass
Great food and cover for wildlife.
Green in summer, bright orange in
fall. Likes full sun. Grows 18 to 30
inches.
A warm season grass used for
erosion control. Likes moist fertile
soil, full sun to partial shade.
Grows 3 to 4 feet.
This kit contains 5 of each Indiana Native variety for a total of 50 plants ready for
planting. Kits will be delivered to your door during the months of mid May thru June.
Order online at www.indianawildlife.org/wildlife/native-plants/
Cost is $120 plus $25 shipping and handling.
A portion of each sale benefits IWF’s Wildlife Friendly programs. Due to availability and growing conditions, substitutions may be made for certain species within kits.
INDIANA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
PRAIRIE GRASS NATIVE PLANT KIT
Indiana Wildlife Federation • 708 East Michigan Street • Indianapolis, IN 46202
317 875-9453 (WILD) • www.indianawildlife.org
