Chasmanthium latifolium
Encyclopedia
Chasmanthium latifolium, known as Woodoats, Inland sea oats, Northern sea oats, and River oats is a grass
native to the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsylvania and Michigan, where it is a threatened species. The species was previously classified as Uniola
latifolia (André Michaux
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perennial
grass with stems about 1 m [3 feet] tall. The plant typically grows in wooded areas and riparian zone
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It is used in landscaping in North America, where it is noted as a relatively rare native grass that thrives in partial shade; the plant is recommended for USDA hardiness zones
3-8 in acidic sands, loams, and clays.
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
native to the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsylvania and Michigan, where it is a threatened species. The species was previously classified as Uniola
Uniola
Uniola is a genus of grasses in the Poaceae family.-Selected species:* Uniola condensata Hitchc.* Uniola paniculata L. – Sea Oats* Uniola peruviana Lægaard & Sánchez Vega * Uniola pittieri Hack....
latifolia (André Michaux
André Michaux
André Michaux was a French botanist and explorer.-Biography:Michaux was born in Satory, now part of Versailles, Yvelines. After the death of his wife within a year of their marriage he took up the study of botany and was a student of Bernard de Jussieu...
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Description
Chasmanthium latifolium is a warm season, rhizomatousRhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
perennial
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
grass with stems about 1 m [3 feet] tall. The plant typically grows in wooded areas and riparian zone
Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the fifteen terrestrial biomes of the earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks are called riparian vegetation, characterized by...
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Gardens
Hardiness zone
A hardiness zone is a geographically defined area in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by climatic conditions, including its ability to withstand the minimum temperatures of the zone...
3-8 in acidic sands, loams, and clays.