Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, and clearings.
Description: Long stem, tufted, grows in large clumps. The flower at the tip is very dense, spiky with a hairy fringe. Stands very straight. Light green in color, that turns to brown through the summer.
Size: 40-90cm tall.
Fun Facts: Timothy grass produces pollen that many people are allergic to, so it is used when making vaccines and medicine used for hay fever.
Source: Johnson D., L. Kershaw, A. MacKinnon, and J. Pojar. Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland. 1995. Lone Pine Publishing.