Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. - Grass familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Graminoid
Features
Flower Color: Green
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind
Larval Species depending on Poverty Oatgrass: Hesperia leonardus, Hesperia leonardus leonardus, Hesperia sassacus, Oeneis chryxus
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- DEN: Greenland
- MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N), SPM (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.