Grasses

An attractive, mid-sized grass of wet prairie habitats.

Reddish stalks and feathery seed heads are the attractive features of this bunch grass.

This wiry little number is often overlooked because it’s so small.

Big bluestem adds a beautiful reddish hue to the late summer landscape.

The stalks alternate between green and a gorgeous reddish brown. The copper-coloured seed heads are covered in silky hairs.

Profuse flower stalks bear fruits in star-like clusters.

A common woodland sedge that is often mistaken for short, soft grass.

Gold to brown flowering stems stand out above the surrounding wetland vegetation.

A taller grass with seed heads that are green to burgundy with white stripes.

When flowering, the narrow, densely-flowered spikes open up and are very showy.