Local Ecotype
Perennial
Part to full shade
Moist to medium soils
2-4 ft tall
Blooms in summer to fall
A slender woodland grass with graceful inflorescences that arch and sway in the wind. Slender Wood Oats is a shade tolerant grass that blooms in mid to late summer. Its delicate blooms are reminiscent of Side-oats Grama. A low maintenance plant that is tolerant of light drought or occasionally soggy soils. Slender Wood Oats is host to several species of Satyr butterflies, and its seeds are eaten by songbirds and rodents.
Local Ecotype
Perennial
Part to full shade
Moist to medium soils
2-4 ft tall
Blooms in summer to fall
A slender woodland grass with graceful inflorescences that arch and sway in the wind. Slender Wood Oats is a shade tolerant grass that blooms in mid to late summer. Its delicate blooms are reminiscent of Side-oats Grama. A low maintenance plant that is tolerant of light drought or occasionally soggy soils. Slender Wood Oats is host to several species of Satyr butterflies, and its seeds are eaten by songbirds and rodents.