How to grow Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum

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How long does Switch grass take to grow?

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Switch grass Etymology

The species name virgatum means “made of twigs”, “with long, straight shoots”, or “striped”, from the Latin virgatus, from virga (“twig” or “switch”) ³.

Switch grass Folklore & Trivia

This is a dominate species of the North American native prairie. Recently it has been grown as a commercial crop for bio fuel.¹

Other names for Switch grass

Switch grass , Panicum

Panicum virgatum L.

Misspellings: Switchgrass

Footnotes

¹ ABC news What Happened to Bush Call for Switch Grass

² Missouri Botanical Garden

³ Wiktionary entry for virgātum