Native, cool season perennial. Prefers moist soils, high soil fertility, heavier soil textures, and it is shade tolerant. It can be found scattered on shaded banks, along fencerows and in open woodlands. Engineers have started specifying small amounts in roadside seed mixes.
Uses
Livestock: Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) is very palatable and nutritious, and is readily eaten by all classes of livestock in the spring and fall while it is green. It can be used in range restoration as a cool-season grass, and in native range seed mixes. It can also be used as a cool season pasture grass in shaded, wooded, or riparian areas. Virginia wildrye is a good forage producer. It can produce as much as 3,300 lbs. of dry weight forage per dryland acre.
| Grow Height | Cold Tolerance | Minimum Rainfall |
Planting Rate Acre |
| 2-4′ | Good | Moist | 10-12 PLS. |
| Weight | 1 lbs |
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