Native Grasses Apprecation Post - Wildlife Gardeners

milkweed · 08-22-2009, 07:16 PM

This is the time of year when our native grasses come into they're glory.
Some of my humble pictures.

Prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis

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River Oats Chasmanthium latifolium

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milkweed · 08-22-2009, 07:25 PM

Sorghastrum nutans Sioux Blue

TheLorax · 08-23-2009, 12:42 AM

Native grasses are intensely beautiful in their own right.

This was an excellent thread to share their much under appreciated beauty.

Porterbrook · 08-23-2009, 05:52 AM

We, as native plant enthusiasts, are only beginning to appreciate the beauty and significance of our native grasses. Very nice photographs Milkweed. Some other species you might want to include in your garden are: Stipa avenacea, Erianthus contortus, Erianthus giganteus, Erianthus alopecuroides, Spartina pectinata, and Panicum virgatum. And do not forget the sedges and rushes.

Hedgerowe · 08-23-2009, 06:34 AM

Yes, please include some Juncus, if you have them, milkweed! A personal favorite.

Equilibrium · 08-23-2009, 04:51 PM

native plant enthusiasts? More like native plant junkies. She really showed off how to add these in and make them stand out and look good. She's got a newer home but some of these are going to fill in in the next couple of years.

Hedgerowe · 08-24-2009, 10:14 AM

At the beach I came across many stands of these growing on the dunes, Chasmanthuim latifolium, Sea Oats. Most were growing taller than me (at 5'6" I am average height). I think that they are beautiful.

milkweed · 08-24-2009, 11:20 AM

Very nice. Your Chasmanthuim latifolium different than mine.

Hedgerowe · 08-24-2009, 09:26 PM

Milkweed, you are much more experienced than me. It may not be Chasmanthium latifolium; I did not have a field guide with me and that is as close as I could get from my photos. However, I haven't come across anything else that looks as close to it as Chasmanthium latifolium does, either. I will have to post the photos on the plant ID forum. I am probably wrong more often than I am right

This is where real, live people would come in handy. Books and the internet can only get me so far!

milkweed · 08-25-2009, 09:04 AM

It is confusing. The plants I have are called Northern Sea Oats, Inland Sea Oats or Northern River Oats. And I think it does have two scientific names.
They could be the same but look different because of very different growing conditions.

My plants looks like this.

08-22-2009, 07:16 PM	#1
milkweed Heron Join Date: May 2009 Location: Indiana	Native Grasses Apprecation Post This is the time of year when our native grasses come into they're glory. Some of my humble pictures. Prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis River Oats Chasmanthium latifolium __________________ We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children.

08-22-2009, 07:25 PM	#2
milkweed Heron Join Date: May 2009 Location: Indiana	Sorghastrum nutans Sioux Blue Attached Thumbnails __________________ We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children.

08-23-2009, 12:42 AM	#3
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Native grasses are intensely beautiful in their own right. This was an excellent thread to share their much under appreciated beauty. __________________ In Which the Town Comes for Their Garden "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

08-23-2009, 05:52 AM	#4
Porterbrook Salamander Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Racine, Ohio along the Ohio River	We, as native plant enthusiasts, are only beginning to appreciate the beauty and significance of our native grasses. Very nice photographs Milkweed. Some other species you might want to include in your garden are: Stipa avenacea, Erianthus contortus, Erianthus giganteus, Erianthus alopecuroides, Spartina pectinata, and Panicum virgatum. And do not forget the sedges and rushes. __________________ Porterbrook Native Plants

08-23-2009, 04:51 PM	#6
Equilibrium Official Veggie Killer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois	native plant enthusiasts? More like native plant junkies. She really showed off how to add these in and make them stand out and look good. She's got a newer home but some of these are going to fill in in the next couple of years. __________________ In Which the Town Comes for His Garden Arbol que crece torsido jamas su tronco se enderesa. He who dies with the most trees wins... native of course.

08-23-2009, 06:34 AM	#5
Hedgerowe Snag Aficionado Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA	Yes, please include some Juncus, if you have them, milkweed! A personal favorite.

08-24-2009, 10:14 AM	#7
Hedgerowe Snag Aficionado Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA	At the beach I came across many stands of these growing on the dunes, Chasmanthuim latifolium, Sea Oats. Most were growing taller than me (at 5'6" I am average height). I think that they are beautiful. Attached Thumbnails

08-24-2009, 11:20 AM	#8
milkweed Heron Join Date: May 2009 Location: Indiana	Very nice. Your Chasmanthuim latifolium different than mine. __________________ We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children.

08-24-2009, 09:26 PM	#9
Hedgerowe Snag Aficionado Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA	Milkweed, you are much more experienced than me. It may not be Chasmanthium latifolium; I did not have a field guide with me and that is as close as I could get from my photos. However, I haven't come across anything else that looks as close to it as Chasmanthium latifolium does, either. I will have to post the photos on the plant ID forum. I am probably wrong more often than I am right This is where real, live people would come in handy. Books and the internet can only get me so far!

08-25-2009, 09:04 AM	#10
milkweed Heron Join Date: May 2009 Location: Indiana	It is confusing. The plants I have are called Northern Sea Oats, Inland Sea Oats or Northern River Oats. And I think it does have two scientific names. They could be the same but look different because of very different growing conditions. My plants looks like this. Attached Thumbnails __________________ We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children.

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