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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Miscanthus sinensis
Phenology Observation Sheet for Grasses

COMMON NAME

Silver grass

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Miscanthus sinensis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Maiden grass

Plant family

Grass (Poaceae)

Plant group

Grasses

This is a tall (up to 10 ft or 3 m), densely-bunched, perennial grass. It is considered invasive in the U.S., escaping from ornamental plantings to invade roadsides, forest edges, old fields, and other disturbed areas.
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Identification hints

The plant consists of long arching branches and leaves that spread or droop. Leaves are long (up to 3 ft or ~ 1 m), slender, and upright-to-arching with sharp tips, rough margins, and silvery midribs. It has very short, inconspicuous rhizomes. Flowers appear in late summer or fall and are silvery to pink in color, large, and feather-like. The grass turns a rich golden brown in winter. 
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Although it has not caused as much damage as some invasive grasses, this plant's height, fast growth, popularity as an ornamental, and ability to inhabit disturbed areas make it a serious threat to native species. 
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , California , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Illinois , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Michigan , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , West Virginia
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