INTERMEDIATE WHEATGRASS
Summary
Plant Characteristics
Taxonomy
Zone
- Regional Growing Zone
- 1 - Northwest Coastal, 2 - California Coastal, 3 - Southern Mountain, 4 - Mountain, 5 - Midwest, 11 - South Texas
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Plant Characteristics
- Height
- 36" - 48"
- Bloom Period
- Mid-Spring
- Bloom Color
- Yellow
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Growing Cycle
- Perennial
- Growth Habit
- Bunch-Type
- Sun Requirement
- Full Sun
Plant Information
- Planting Season
- Late-Fall - Early-Spring
- Plant Depth
- 0.5"
- Minimum Soil Temp for Germination
- 50° F
- Establishment
- Easy
Seed Information
- Seeds Per Pound
- 80,000
- Kingdom
- PLANTAE
- Subkingdom
- TRACHEOBIONTA
- Super Division
- SPERMATOPHYTA
- Division
- MAGNOLIOPHYTA
- Class
- LILIOPSIDA
- Subclass
- COMMELINIDAE
- Order
- CYPERALES
- Family
- POACEAE
- Genus
- THINOPYRUM
- Species
- THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM
Coverage Area & Available Sizes
How to Use & Apply
Intermediate wheatgrass should be seeded with a drill at a depth of ½ inch or less on medium to fine textured soils and no more than 1 inch deep on coarse textured soils.
Applications
Intermediate wheatgrass is palatable to all classes of livestock and wildlife. It is a preferred feed for cattle, sheep, horses, deer, antelope and elk in spring, early summer and fall. It is considered a desirable feed for cattle, sheep, horses and elk in summer and winter.
Intermediate wheatgrass is palatable to all classes of livestock and wildlife. It is a preferred feed for cattle, sheep, horses, deer, antelope and elk in spring, early summer and fall. It is considered a desirable feed for cattle, sheep, horses and elk in summer and winter.
Intermediate wheatgrass is well adapted to stabilization of disturbed soils.
Strips of this grass ungrazed provide good nesting cover for game birds and migratory waterfowl.
