The Native Plant Nursery LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.nativeplant.com
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Switch grass

Panicum virgatum



Habitat:
   Light: sun
   Moisture: dry mesic -dry

   Height: 3 -5 ft.
   Flowering Time: summer

Notes: a warm-season grass; grows a clump of arching leaves that produce airy, seed heads in late summer; plant turns yellow in fall.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP


NPN prices/ sizes: 

with ripe seed

mature plant with yellowish tan fall color

Switchgrass flowering in meadow