Achnatherum hymenoides (Ricegrass)

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Plant Description: A striking and beautiful bunch grass native to dry regions. Leaves are long and slender with several branching panicles with dropping stalks that each produce a hairy seed.

Seeds have been historically been ground into flour or meal and used for baking, porridge, or eaten as a grain. *NEVER CONSUME PLANTS WITHOUT PROPER ID*

Height: 1-2 ft
Width: 1-2ft
Watering needs: minimal once established
Sun needs: sun
Soil needs: dry, rocky, sandy
Bloom Time: June-September
Portland Plant List (Backyard Habitat Certification): No

Landscape Use and Ecological Function: Ricegrass serves a an excellent bunch grass for dry meadows, as a grain in your food forest, and as a vigorous reseeding species it makes for great use in restoration.

Often found in dry and sandy areas, this species is often in association with native Juniper, sagebrush, and Ponderosa Pine.

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