Achnatherum hymenoides (Ricegrass)

Plant Description: A striking and beautiful bunch grass native to dry regions. Leaves are long and slender with several branching panicles with dropping stalks that each produce a hairy seed.  Seeds have been historically been ground into flour or meal and used for baking, porridge, or eaten as a grain. *NEVER CONSUME PLANTS WITHOUT PROPER ID* Height: 1-2 ft Width: 1-2ft  Watering needs: minimal once established Sun needs: sun Soil needs: dry, rocky, sandy Bloom Time: June-September Portland Plant List (Backyard Habitat Certification): No Landscape Use and Ecological Function: Ricegrass serves a an excellent bunch grass for dry meadows, as a grain in your food forest, and as a vigorous reseeding species it makes for great use in restoration.  Often found in dry and sandy areas, this species is often in association with native Juniper, sagebrush, and Ponderosa Pine.