Perennial Native Grass
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Soil Moisture: Dry
Soil Type: Dry soil
Height: 2'
Bloom Time: June-August
Bloom Color: Pink, yellow, green, brown
Resistance: Drought, Deer, Black Walnut
Attracts: Native bees, birds
Pollinator benefit: Provides nesting materials/structure for native bees; Larval Host plant for 3 different species
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Prairie Dropseed (Sporobulus herolepis) is a fine-textured, distinctive bunchgrass with leaves that curve gracefully outward forming large, round tufts. Delicate seedheads appear above the tuft in midsummer, rising 2 ft. high. Fall color is tan-bronze. Prairie dropseed is a perennial.
Snow does not flatten the plant, so it is visible even in winter.
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