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Agrostis idahoensis is a species of grass known by the common name Idaho bent grass. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in several habitat types. It is a perennial grass growing in short tufts up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are thready and a few centimeters long. The flower cluster is an open, thin array of wispy branches bearing spikelets each a few millimeters long.
Grass
1 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow
Spring
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Open meadows
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Common Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes vialis
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Armyworm Moth
Mythimna unipuncta
Sandhill Skipper
Polites sabuleti