Japanese Stiltgrass Georgia

This annual reaches 2 5 3 feet high and its leaves are 2 4 inches long and to inches wide with a whitish midrib.

Japanese stiltgrass georgia. Grasses and sedges a profile of nimblewill mentioned its helpfulness in suppressing japanese stiltgrass. That was all the encouragement i needed to start my experiment. Camus synonym eulalia viminea trin a. Discarded packaging material may have been the source of seed introduction to the united states.

This plant s prolific seed production and rapid growth helps it dominate entire habitats edging out native vegetation. On a recent afternoon biologists working at a bog in henderson county actually experimented with using a shop vacuum to remove japanese stilt grass seeds sadly to no avail. Japanese stilt grass fact sheet 731 84 kb originally from asia japanese stilt grass microstegium vimineum likely arrived in the u s. In the university of georgia extension guide native plants for georgia part iv.

Also called nepalese browntop or by its genus name microstegium in the united states this asian plant was first seen in the knoxville area around 1919 and its. Vimineum was originally documented in tennessee in 1919 and is believed to have been accidentally introduced to the united states through its use as a packing material. Andropogon vimineum trin a. Japanese stiltgrass microstegium vimineum.

The university of georgia center for invasive species and ecosystem health. Weed seed japanese stiltgrass microstegium vimineum japanese stiltgrass is an invasive plant found in a variety of habitats including forests wetlands and disturbed areas. Camus synonym microstegium imberbe nees ex steud tzvelev synonym microstegium willdenowianum nees synonym. Please cite the eddmaps as.

Japanese stiltgrass also known as bamboograss flexible sesagrass japanese grass mary s grass microstegium nepal microstegium nepaleze browntop or vietnamese grass is a summer annual commonly found in shady moist areas and is spreading rapidly in woodlands as well as shaded landscapes and low maintenance turf throughout the southeastern united states mid atlantic states and north. Early detection distribution mapping system. Japanese stilt grass japanese grass mary s grass nepalgrass basketgrass microstegium nepalese browntop chinese packing grass related scientific names. Japanese stiltgrass microstegium vimineum is an invasive grass that threatens native plants and natural habitats in the eastern united states native to japan china central asia and india.