Common Name - Side oats gramma grass
Latin Name - Bouteloua curtipendula
Sun - Sun to part shade
Moisture - Dry to moist
Height - 1-3’

Side-oats grama is a bunchy or sod-forming grass with 2-3 ft. stems in erect, wiry clumps. Purplish, oat-like spikelets uniformly line one side of the stem, bleaching to a tan color in the fall. The basal foliage often turns shades of purple and red in fall. This is a perennial warm season grass; clump forming.

This species has been identified by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as threatened. The plants on this list are among the least understood, the rarest, and the most in need of conservation efforts. For more information click here.

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Thank you to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for the facts.
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