Light Requirements: full sun/part shade
Soil Moisture: wet to medium
Bloom Color: greenish purple
Bloom Time: May-July
Height: 1-4 ft.
Root Structure: Fibrous
Deer Resistant? Yes
Black Walnut tolerant? Yes
Locally Collected Seed? Yes
Deer-Tongue Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum)
PriceFrom $6.00
I’m a native of New York state and Tompkins County, NY.
I can create colonies
I have beautiful seed heads and an exotic bamboo look.
I’m an important source of food for birds especially sparrows.
The caterpillars of Skipper butterfly species and many moth species feed on me.