Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Switch panic grass
Panicum virgatum
Zone 1 · Closest to the Water
Zone 2 · Intermediate Zone
Zone 3 · Upland Zone
- Size
- Height: 3 to 6 ft Width: 2 to 3 ft
- Bloom Color
- Green to cream with seed heads becoming gold/pink/purple
- Wetland Indicator Status
- FAC Facultative — occurs in wetlands and non-wetlands
- Salinity Tolerance
- Moderate soil salt and salt spray tolerance
Notes
Wet to dry soils; sun to part shade;
Wildlife Value
Seeds eaten by some ground-feeding birds; attracts butterflies and is larval host for Delaware skipper