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Native Wetland Plants

Panicum virgatum

Panic Grass

Panic grass is a colonizing perennial grass that grows in large clumps 3-6' tall with sturdy, flat, glossy leaf blades. When used in prairies and bottomland sites, switchgrass develops long rhizomes that grow horizontally to interlace and form a thick, dense sod  used for revegetation, restoration, and erosion control projects. Panic grass tolerates partial shade and is found in a range of  moisture levels from dry, to mesic, to moist wet habitats. It will handle spring flooding but not that of a persistent high water table. Provides thatch for ground nesting birds and is a great Fall food source.

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