Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.
Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.
- Common Name
- Cogongrass, Brazilian Satintail
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- This tropical grass is a noxious invasive weed in the Gulf Coast states from TX to FLA, and has also been found in SC and TN. It is particularly problematic because it invades fire-maintained Coastal Plain habitats such as longleaf pine flatwoods.
- Habitat
- Collected by Robert Wright in 1994 and 1997 as an escape from an ornamental planting in York County; the plants had spread from the edge of a parking lot into an adjacent powerline clearing. The current status of the population is not known.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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