Gould Deertongue, Witch Grass
Deer Tongue Grass is a perennial cool season grass that usually grows in semi-open areas in damp or sandy woodlands, thickets, or on banks. It is tolerant of low pH soils, high concentrations of aluminum, droughty conditions, and infertile soils. For these reasons, it is used in revegetating acid mine sites. Deer Tongue Grass prefers moist to wet sites and does best in full sun. This grass produces two seed crops; a spring crop in an open panicle and a fall crop that remains mostly enclosed in the leaf sheath.
Larval Host for the
Hobomok Skipper, Northern Broken-Dash
3-6'
SIZE
SOIL
Moist, Wet, Clay, Loam, Sand
LIGHT
Full Sun
BENEFITS
Butterfiles, Small Mammals, Songbirds
NOTES
Birds eat the seed and the plant lodges during the winter forming a dense cover for wildlife.
CHARACTERISTICS
Cover for Wildlife
May, June, July, August, September
Grass
This
flowers in
Deertongue
Dichanthelium clandestinum
DETAIL VIEW
DESCRIPTION
Deer Tongue Grass is a perennial cool season grass that usually grows in semi-open areas in damp or sandy woodlands, thickets, or on banks. It is tolerant of low pH soils, high concentrations of aluminum, droughty conditions, and infertile soils. For these reasons, it is used in revegetating acid mine sites. Deer Tongue Grass prefers moist to wet sites and does best in full sun. This grass produces two seed crops; a spring crop in an open panicle and a fall crop that remains mostly enclosed in the leaf sheath.