Virginia Native Plant Society - Poverty Oatgrass, (Danthonia spicata), got a spotlight in a talk recently by Scott Warnke, PhD, a research geneticist from the U.S.D.A. This tough native grass has potential
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Since prehistoric times oat grass has been a major source of food for animals and humans | Cape Gazette
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