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Miscanthus sacchariflorus
Also called Japanese Plumegrass, Silver Banner Grass, Silver Plume Grass, Amur Silver Grass, Japanese Plume Grass, Miscanthus
Miscanthus sacchariflorus, the Amur silvergrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to temperate Amur Oblast, China, Japan, Khabarovsk Krai, Korea, Mongolia, and Primorye Krai and is found as an introduced species in Austria, Canada, Germany, Poland, and the United States.
Its culms are erect, 90 centimetres (35 in) – 250 centimetres (98 in) in height and 5 millimetres (0.20 in) – 8 millimetres (0.31 in) in diameter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Miscanthus sacchariflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
