- Name: Bear Grass - Other Common Names: Bear Lily / Indian Basket Grass / Common Beargrass / Turkeybeard / Pine Lily / Squaw Grass - Scientific Name: Xerophyllum Tenax Syn. Xenophyllum Tenax - Color: White - Plant Seeds: Fall Sow Seeds Or Cold Stratify - Bloom Time: May - Aug - Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9 - Plant Height: 48 - 72" - Plant Spacing: 24 - 36" - Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade - Soil Water Preferences: Average - Quantity: 100 Seeds - Other: Bear Grass Is Native Of The West Coast Of The Us Canada. The Evergreen Grass-Like Leaves Were Used By The Native Americans To Weave Watertight Baskets Other Goods. Very Showy For A Grass, The Flowers Tower Over The Leaves. Deer Rabbit Resistant.