Western Wheatgrass
Growth Season: Cool
Type: Native
Growth Habit: Sod
Height: 1′-3′
Seedhead Color: Tan
Seeds per PLS lb.: 110,000
Adapted to: Loam/ Clay tolerates saline
Notes: Grows on both uplands and lowlands; drought resistant and is winterhardy. This cool season grass grows rapidly in late April and May. Palatability varies from fair to good while it is green and growing, but it becomes coarse and stemmy by early summer and is then seldom grazed in mixed stands until regrowth starts again in the fall. When cut in early bloom, western wheatgrass makes fair quality hay.