Danthonia spicata

Poverty Oat Grass

• Average to very dry soils
  Full sun
  8” to 12" tall and wide
  Early summer blooms with seed heads remaining into the fall
  Ontario Native, Thrives in Dry Meadow Ecosystems 

A small, tufting grass with distinctive spiraled older leaves that make these easy to spot, especially in the early spring. 

The seeds were wild gathered from near Perth Ontario, where they thrive in the low fertility, sandy soil often found in Canada shield areas.