{"product_id":"western-wheatgrass-pascopyrum-smithii","title":"Western Wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWestern Wheatgrass is a long-lived native cool-season grass and often the dominant grass of mixed-grass prairie. It is planted for palatable early-season forage, erosion control, and revegetating tough, salty, or alkaline ground. It is an aggressive sod-former, spreading by long, branched rhizomes that knit soil together and help it ride out drought. Its stems grow 1 to 3 feet tall, and it greens up early in spring and matures seed in mid to late summer. It does best on medium- to heavy-textured soils, including clays, and tolerates saline or alkali soils, poor drainage, high water tables, and spring flooding. It does poorly on sand. Cattle and sheep favor its new growth, and its fall regrowth cures well for winter grazing. Bison, elk, and deer feed on it, and ducks use it for nesting cover. Seedlings are slow to develop, so plant in very early spring or late fall and expect full stands in a few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eQuick facts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1–3 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSun:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full to Partial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil moisture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium to Dry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLife cycle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Perennial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cool-season, Rhizomatous, Sod-forming, Salt\/alkali tolerant, Erosion control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative range:\u003c\/strong\u003e Native to Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hoksey Native Seeds","offers":[{"title":"1 oz","offer_id":50926598914245,"sku":null,"price":2.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1\/4 lb","offer_id":50926598947013,"sku":null,"price":3.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/6567\/1365\/files\/images_5.jpg?v=1793736943","url":"https:\/\/hokseynativeseeds.com\/products\/western-wheatgrass-pascopyrum-smithii","provider":"Hoksey Native Seeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}