[Oatgrasses: The Genus Danthonia in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Timber Oatgrass, Timber Danthonia

Danthonia intermedia

Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia

Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) - Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) - Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Ligule of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Timber oatgrass as seen at Muddy Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 13, 2018.

Habitat of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) - Inflorescence of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Timber oatgrass as seen on private land at Conrad Meadows along Wenatchee National Forest right of way along the South Tieton Trail #1120...........June 27, 2013. Note the very hairy leaf sheaths. The inflorescence has 3-4 spikelets with upright panicle branches.

Habitat of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) - Inflorescence of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) after the seeds have dropped.

The photo at left shows the habitat of timber oatgrass as seen on the shoreline of Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness.......September 9, 2024. The photo at right shows the dry inflorescence of timber oatgrass observed in meadows at the Indian Racetrack, Indian Heaven Wilderness......October 10, 2022.

Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) - Inflorescence of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Timber oatgrass as observed in a dry meadow along the Bird Creek Trail (the same one as below) about one-half mile uphill from Bird Lake, Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams.......September 5, 2021.

Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia) - Habitat of Timber Danthonia, Mountain Oatgrass, Timber Oat-grass, Timber Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia intermedia (Synonyms: Danthonia canadensis, Danthonia intermedia var. cusickii, Danthonia intermedia var. intermedia)

Timber oatgrass as seen in vernally moist meadows along the Bird Lake Trail, Yakama Nation lands, Bird Creek Meadows.......October 1, 2020.
Paul Slichter