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Microstegium vimineum

Common Name: Japanese stilt grass

Family: Poaceae

Common Synonyms: none

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 11

Growth Habit: Graminoid

Origin: Asia

FISC Category: 1

FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No

Introduction Date: Earliest Florida herbarium specimen from 1973

IFAS Assessment:

  • North: HIGH INVASION RISK
  • Central: HIGH INVASION RISK
  • South: HIGH INVASION RISK
Microstegium vimineum
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org

Description

An annual or perennial grass, up to 1m tall, and capable of rooting at each node. The leaf blades have a distinctive silver-white stripe down the midrib. Ligule is membranous. Produces flowers in the late summer and seeds shortly thereafter.

Habitat

Extremely variable habitats from wet to dry and shaded to full sun

Comments

NA

Map of species distribution

Control Methods

  • Manual: NA
  • Chemical: NA
  • Biological: NA

Control Notes

No specific treatments available.

References

Grass Manual on the Web: http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/default.htm

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