Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
Thickspike wheatgrass is a sod-forming, rhizomatous cool-season grass of the western plains, prized for erosion control and revegetation on dry, disturbed ground.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, MI, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY
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