This quick growing native grass has beautiful curving seed heads that resemble cultivated rye. Canada Wild Rye tolerates an incredible range of soil conditions from bare sand and dry gravel to raw clay subsoil. A truly fabulous plant in the garden and in a meadow, both the foliage and the seeds of Elymus canadensis are used by many species of birds. For a solid stand of Canada Wild Rye plant at a rate of 5 kg per acre.