{"product_id":"northern-sea-oats","title":"Northern Sea Oats","description":"\u003cp\u003eLight Requirements\u003cbr\u003e•    Shade Tolerant: Highly tolerant of shade for an ornamental grass.\u003cbr\u003e•    Thrives in part sun to part shade (2 to 6 hours of direct sun) or dappled sunlight through an upper canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoil Preference\u003cbr\u003e•    Prefers moist to wet, well-drained soils.\u003cbr\u003e•    Accommodates clay, loam (silt), and sand textures.\u003cbr\u003e•    Naturally handles moist to occasionally wet drainage conditions but is intolerant of highly acidic soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildlife Benefit\u003cbr\u003e•    Larval Host: Critical host plant for the caterpillars of the Northern Pearly-Eye butterfly (Lethe anthedon) and several skipper butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e•    Ecosystem Food Source: Distinctive flat, nodding oat-like seed heads provide a key food source for songbirds and small mammals.\u003cbr\u003e•    Audubon-Approved: Recognized as a bird-friendly habitat asset by the Audubon Society that offers excellent wildlife cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman Uses\u003cbr\u003e•    Landscape Design: Adds strong movement, winter interest, and a wind-shimmer effect to shade, rain, rain\/stormwater, water, cottage, and native gardens. It is ideal for mass plantings or borders along streams, pond margins, and riparian zones.\u003cbr\u003e•    Floral Arrangements: Showy, flat, purplish-bronze summer and fall seed heads serve as excellent dried floral material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResistance to Challenges\u003cbr\u003e•    Foraging Mammals: Highly deer resistant.\u003cbr\u003e•    Environmental Pressures: Features exceptional resistance to soil erosion, black walnut toxicity, salt exposure, wet soil, and temporary drought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote on Management: It can become aggressively weedy and invasive in small gardens because it spreads quickly via underground rhizomes and heavy self-seeding.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistlebird Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48917047050483,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/9635\/0963\/files\/NorthernSeaOats-1.jpg?v=1786443193","url":"https:\/\/thistlebirdfarm.com\/products\/northern-sea-oats","provider":"Thistlebird Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}