Korean Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Poaceae
Growth habit
Grass/Sedge
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Central and Eastern Asia
Location
Houston and Grossman Ponds, Bioswale Garden, Zucker Shrub Collection
Source of plant
Sunny Border Ohio, Bluebird Nursery Inc., North Creek Nurseries
Description
Densely tufted perennial reaching 1 m in height with short-creeping rhizomes. Culms glabrous, unbranched; leaf sheaths short-pilose, rarely glabrous, scabrous; leaves linear to 1 cm in diameter, long-acuminate. Panicle contracted, to 18 cm, branches very scabrous, spikelets lanceolate, 5 mm, somewhat purple, effective late summer into autumn.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4