Chasmanthium latifolium explained

Chasmanthium latifolium, known as fish-on-a-fishing-pole, northern wood-oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, and river oats is a species of grass native to the central and eastern United States, Manitoba, and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsylvania and Michigan,[1] where it is a threatened species.[2] The species was previously classified as Uniola latifolia (André Michaux).

Description

Chasmanthium latifolium is a cool-season, rhizomatous, perennial grass with culms about 1 m [3 feet] tall.[3] The inflorescence is an open, nodding panicle of laterally compressed (flattened) spikelets. The plant typically grows in wooded areas and riparian zones.[4]

Gardens

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 3–9 in acidic sands, loams, and clays.[5] [6]

Ecology

It is a larval host plant for the Northern Pearly-Eye, and its seeds are food for birds and mammals.[7] It is also eaten by the caterpillars of the pepper and salt skipper, Bell's roadside skipper, and bronzed roadside skipper butterflies.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2023-10-09 . Plants of the World Online . en.
  2. Web site: Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian Woodoats) . Global Biodiversity Information Facility . 2010-07-08.
  3. Navarrete-Tindall. Nadia. Summer 2010. Native Cool-Season Grasses in Missouri. Missouri Prairie Journal. 31. 2. 20–25.
  4. Web site: PLANTS Profile for Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian woodoats) . PLANTS database . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-07-08.
  5. Web site: Northern Sea Oats - Ornamental Grasses - University of Illinois Extension . University of Illinois .
  6. Web site: NPIN: Chasmanthium latifolium (inland sea oats) . Native Plant Information Network . University of Texas . 2010-07-08 .
  7. Web site: Chasmanthium latifolium. live. 2021-01-20. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811132526/https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/chasmanthium-latifolium/ . 2020-08-11 .
  8. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. live. 2021-01-20. www.wildflower.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20070714055611/http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=chla5 . 2007-07-14 .

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