Virginia Wild Rye is a tall graceful grass that grows in full sun or moderate shade. Fast-growing and very moisture tolerant, this native grass is excellent for stabilizing on wooded hillsides and in ravines, and is also ideal for planting in floodplains …
Virginia Wild Rye is a tall graceful grass that grows in full sun or moderate shade. Fast-growing and very moisture tolerant, this native grass is excellent for stabilizing on wooded hillsides and in ravines, and is also ideal for planting along woodland streams and floodplains. Reseeds readily.
This native grass is a host plant for the Zabulon skipper (poanes zabulon).
Native plants can be grown outside of their native range in the appropriate growing conditions. This map shows the native range, as well as the introduced range, of this species.