PLANTS Profile for Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silvergrass)

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Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
Chinese silvergrass

Symbol:

MISI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

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Synonyms:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

MISIC	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson ssp. condensatus (Hack.) T. Koyama	Purple Japanese Silver grass
MISIG	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. gracillimus Hitchc.
MISIP	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvel.	silvergrass
MISIV	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. variegatus Beal
MISIZ	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. zebrinus Beal

Distribution:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson


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USA (AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Miscanthus

Classification:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Miscanthus Andersson – silvergrass
Species	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson – Chinese silvergrass

Noxious Weed Information:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
eulalia		Potentially invasive, not banned

U.S. Weed Information:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

Chinese silvergrass
eulalia
zebra grass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

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More Accounts and Images:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41874.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

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