Beargrass adds breathtaking beauty to gardens
A good bloom year for Beargrass is breathtaking, and according to some Native American Indian lore, it foretells a good huckleberry year as well.
(Photo courtesy KINNIKINNICK NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY)
Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) is one of only two species in the genus Xerophyllum, both of which are native only to North America – one in the northwest and the other, commonly called Turkey Beard, in the southeast. Beargrass or Indian Basket Grass is found in open woods and clearings at mid-elevations up to 7,000 feet from British Columbia to central California and east to the Rocky Mountains....
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