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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese silver grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Miscanthus sinensis
- Saccharum formosanum
- Saccharum spontaneum
- Miscanthus floridulus
- Neyraudia reynaudiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Miscanthus
- Species
- Miscanthus sacchariflorus
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