Plants Profile for Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silvergrass)

General Information
Symbol:	MISI
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Robert Soreng. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Japan, Sapporo. Usage Requirements.

Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 113. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
MISIC	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson ssp. condensatus (Hack.) T. Koyama	Purple Japanese Silver grass
MISIG	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. gracillimus Hitchc.
MISIP	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvel.	silvergrass
MISIV	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. variegatus Beal
MISIZ	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. zebrinus Beal

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Miscanthus Andersson – silvergrass
Species	Miscanthus sinensis Andersson – Chinese silvergrass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Connecticut eulalia Potentially invasive, not banned

U.S. Weed Information
Miscanthus sinensis Chinese silvergrass eulalia zebra grass This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC