Pinegrass


Calamagrostis rubescens Buckley
Pinegrass is a native perennial adapted to dry woodlands and open slopes. This grass is erect, tufted, and often forms complete ground cover.
The root system forms fibrous roots and long, extensive, creeping rhizomes. Extensive roots form thick sod, therefore making pinegrass an important soil protection species.
Pinegrass stems grow erect, up to 100 cm (39 in.) tall. Leaf blades are long, drooping, and often hairy at the base. Seed heads form in dense panicles that often have a yellow-green or purplish tinge 6-15 (occasionally up to 25) cm (2-6 [occasionally up to 10 in.]) long. Spikelets are single-flowered.