Why choose native plants? Pacific Northwest native plants know how to live here and how to thrive here. They often need much less water and less fertilizer. They spread slowly and are not invasive. They support a wide diversity of wildlife. And best of all, they look great!<\/p>\n
With seedheads that can reach 4 to 5 feet in height, blue wild rye is one of the biggest native grasses in the Northwest. Its wide blue-green blades and thick fibrous root systems can put on a lot of biomass, yet, it usually does not form large single-species monocultures in nature. Rather it tends to pop up in small clumps in open meadows and forest edges among smaller statured species such as tufted hairgrass, California oatgrass, meadow barley, and yarrow. Blue wild rye does not form extensive rhizomes, but can spread short distances with stolons and through re-seeding. Mostly it maintains a clumpy growth habit which provides valuable insect nesting and overwintering habitat for species such as lady beetles and ground surface nesting bumble bees. Additionally, the foliage is a preferred food source for elk. Blue wild rye is an excellent erosion control plant and has the ability to muscle into grasslands, ditches, and forest edges without taking over and crowding out other grasses and wildflowers. It\u2019s also an ideal utilitarian plant for reforestration and agroforestry projects, providing useful shelter for seedling trees and tolerating partial shade as those young trees mature. It likes rich soils but is tolerant of a wide range of conditions. Photo courtesy of Northwest Meadowscapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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