James A. Duke. Handbook of Energy Crops. Widely used as a hay grass for wetlands in Europe. Quite palatable as pasture or hay.
Plants produce an open turf and a dense sod in older stands.
It is used as a sown grass in southern Canada and on Pacific Coastal regions of United States, and is included in mixtures to a limited extent for suitable soils in northern Europe. No data uncovered. Introduced to North America, now occurring from Newfoundland and Labrador to Alaska, south to Delaware, Missouri, Montana, Idaho and Oregon. Especially welladapted to Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Naturally occurs in fields, waste places and grasslands.