Native Plants

Side-Oats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula
Location

Native to

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Type
Grasses
Attributes
Fruit, Nuts, Seeds

A perennial, warm-season bunch or sod-forming grass, Side-Oats Grama has 2 to 3 foot stems that grow in erect, wiry clumps. Also called Banderilla, Banderita, and Navajita, this plant produces purplish, oat-like spikelets that lighten to a tan color in the fall. Growing in full to partial sun and in dry to moist, well-drained soils, Side-Oats Grama provides food, nesting material, and cover for birds and mammals.

May Attract

Side-Oats Grama is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Finches
Family
Nuthatches
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Woodpeckers

Audubon Centers, State Offices & Chapters

These Audubon locations near you offer native plant services

In some parts of the country you may not have a "local" Audubon that is able to provide help with native plants for birds, but we will still show you the closest Audubon that can help.

Audubon Upper Mississippi River

2355 HIGHWAY 36 WEST, ROSEVILLE, MN 55113

651-739-9332 |

audubonumr@audubon.org

Services

  • Habitat installation/restoration projects

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Your local Audubon offering native plant services is Audubon Upper Mississippi River.
2355 HIGHWAY 36 WEST, ROSEVILLE, MN 55113
651-739-9332 | audubonumr@audubon.org
 
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