Virginia Wildrye

Description:

Virginia Wildrye is a cool-season, native grass that tolerates both moist and dry sites, shade and full sun, which makes it unique among the prairiegrasses. This medium height perennial is widely adapted throughout the U.S. Virginia Wildrye has beardless heads which remain upright through maturity.

Habitat:

Lewisville Independent School District Outdoor Learning Area) is an eighty-acre tract of land located on the south side of Lake Lewisville Dam in Denton County. The landscape boasts wetlands, forests, fields, rivers and streams and contains approximately five miles of hiking trails. The outdoor learning area was created in the fall of 1999 when the school district erected two portable classrooms.