Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus

Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus
- Common Name
- Japanese Stiltgrass, Nepalese Brown-top, Japanese Grass
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus
- Comments
- An awned form has been named var. imberbe (Nees) Honda and is known from Greensville and Warren counties, perhaps elsewhere. This highly invasive Asiatic grass is shade-tolerant, fast-spreading, and capable of outcompeting other herbaceous plants over large areas of forest floor. Forest roads and trails, as well as small-scale gap and soil disturbances, serve as vectors for its spread.
- Habitat
- Floodplain forests, swamp hummocks, mesic to dry-mesic upland forests, wet flatwoods, shaded clearings, and other moist, often shaded, disturbed habitats. Now common in most parts of the state.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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