Common Name: Japanese stilt grass
Family: Poaceae
Common Synonyms: none
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 11
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Origin: Asia
FISC Category: -
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Earliest Florida herbarium specimen from 1973
IFAS Assessment:
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.
Extremely variable habitats from wet to dry and shaded to full sun
NA
No specific treatments available.
Grass Manual on the Web: http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/default.htm