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.

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