40" Rows:
Broadcast:
Sandy:
Loam:
Clay:
Low
High
High
Special Notes:
| Origin: | Native to North America | |
| Use: | Perennial, warm season, native grass that provides fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. | |
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| Plant Description: | ||
| General | Characteristics of Squirreltail | |
| Life Span | Perennial | |
| Growth Form | tall, erect, bunchgrass | |
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| Seeding Rate 40" Rows: Broadcast: |
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| pH requirement | 6.0 to 8.4 | |
| Rainfall requirement | 5 to 16 inches | |
| Soil texture Sandy: Loam: Clay: |
Low High High |
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| Cold Tolerance: | High | |
| General | Provides fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. | |
| ID Features: | Foliage can be glabrous but is more often white hairy throughout. Plants are short, 10 to 45 cm (4 to 25 inches) tall, with culms erect to spreading. Leaf blades are flat to involute, 1 to 6 mm (0.04 to 0.24 inches) wide. The inflorescence is a spike from 2 to 17 cm (0.8 to 6.7 inches) long, not counting the awns. Internodes of the inflorescence are from 2 to 10 mm (0.08 to 0.40 inches) long with the rachis disarticulating regularly. At maturity the spike can be over 12 cm (4.7 inches) wide due to the widely spreading awns. Awns are scabrous and may grow from 2 to as much as 10 cm (0.8 to 3.9 inches) long, these often becoming purple with maturity. | |
Special Notes: |
Squirreltail [Elymus elymoides] Information #1 | |