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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Microstegium vimineum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Microstegium vimineum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Microstegium vimineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-84-001:

Microstegium vimineum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Eulalia viminea

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Microstegium vimineum var. vimineum

 

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass


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image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_mivi_001_lvd

        

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_mivi_003_lvd

        

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

Gill Newberry    gn07_microstegium

July        

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

JK Marlow    jkm0307a_32

July    Greenville County    SC

One of the most destructive introduced plants in our area, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

JK Marlow    jkm0307a_34

July    Greenville County    SC

Leaves lanceolate, flat, to 10cm wide and 2-15mm wide, with white midveins, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

JK Marlow    jkm0307g_05

July    Greenville County    SC

Extensive dense patches, eliminating nearly all other herbaceous plants, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_082521blairsville103

August    Union County    GA

Meeks Park Disc Golf Course

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

JK Marlow    jkm120925_135

September    Greenville County    SC

Terminal, thin and spikelike raceme, to 3" long, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

JK Marlow    s030928_a

September    Greenville County    SC

Spikelets in one to three terminal upright fingers, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

JK Marlow    jkm0410k_21

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Microstegium vimineum, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese-grass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepal Grass

Keith Bradley    kab_m_vimineum_7495

October    Lexington County    SC

Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Microstegium vimineum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Microstegium vimineum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Microstegium vimineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-84-001:
Microstegium vimineum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eulalia viminea

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Microstegium vimineum var. vimineum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

932

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, colonizing moist, rich soil, especially in floodplains, though sometimes patchily in even dry or dry-mesic uplands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical southeast Asia

Common

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Reddish
Grain

 

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