Beaked Panicgrass (Coleataenia anceps)
Beaked Panicgrass is a 2’ to 4’ native perennial warm season clump grass that colonizes by rhizomes. An easily established grass preferring medium to wet soils and part shade. Birds eat the seeds and deer and livestock graze the foliage. However, cattle avoid the grass after seed heads form.
Species Details
Common Name (Botanical Name) | Beaked Panicgrass (Coleataenia anceps) |
Alternatative Common Names | Beaked Panic Grass, Fall Panicum, Beaked Panicum |
Botanical Synonyms | Panicum anceps |
Bloom Season | Warm Season |
Group | Grasses and Grass-Like |
Bloom Color | Green |
Duration | Perennial |
Soil moisture | Medium (Mesic);Wet (Hydric) |
Soil texture | Coarse (Sand);Medium (Silt/Loam);Fine (Clay) |
Sun Exposure | Full Sun;Part Shade |
Status | Native |
Wetland status | FAC;FACW |
pH | Acidic;Neutral |
pH Values | |
Average height | 2-3ft |
USDA Zones | 3a;3b; |
RNS Region | 1;2;3;5 |
Planting rate/Acre | Not recommended |
Seeds Per Lb. | 225000 |
Seeds Per Oz | 14062 |
Seeds Per Packet | 750 |
Product Benefits | Wildlife Cover;Wildlife Food;Wildlife Nesting;Quality Forage; |