Chasmanthium latifolium

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).

Chasmanthium latifolium
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Species:
C. latifolium
Binomial name
Chasmanthium latifolium
(Michx.) Yates

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
Chasmanthium latifolium, northern sea oats

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]

References
  1. "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. "Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian Woodoats)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
  3. Navarrete-Tindall, Nadia (Summer 2010). "Native Cool-Season Grasses in Missouri". Missouri Prairie Journal. 31 (2): 20–25.
  4. "PLANTS Profile for Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian woodoats)". PLANTS database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
  5. "Northern Sea Oats - Ornamental Grasses - University of Illinois Extension". University of Illinois.
  6. "NPIN: Chasmanthium latifolium (inland sea oats)". Native Plant Information Network. University of Texas. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
  7. "Chasmanthium latifolium". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  8. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2021-01-20.


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