Description

Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS

Soil: Hydric (Wet)
Sun: Part – Shade
Height: 2′-4′
Type: Cool-season, perennial grass, rhizomes absent. Clump forming.
Flowers and Seedheads: Drooping and oat-like.

Suggested Uses:

This grass grows well in moist shade, making it a useful grass for shoreline restoration and rain gardens. They have a nice seed head for added interest! Clump forming.This grass grows along stream banks, shores, sedge meadows, marshes, thickets and moist woods.

 Interesting facts:

Wildlife: Wild birds eat the grain.

Other info:

Name: From the Greek  bromos. An ancient name for oats.