Japanese Stiltgrass Leaf
Microstegium vimineum commonly known as japanese stiltgrass packing grass or nepalese browntop is an annual grass that is common in a wide variety of habitats and is well adapted to low light levels.
Japanese stiltgrass leaf. Flower heads develop late in the season. Additionally the round nodes along the stem of virginia cutgrass are covered in fine hairs while japanese stiltgrass nodes are smooth. Stilt refers to the long stalk to which the leaf petiole is attached. 2019 status in maine.
Despite being non native in the united states it serves as a host plant for some native satyr butterflies such as the carolina satyr hermeuptychia sosybius and the endangered mitchell s. Herbaceous annual grass 1 3 tall with a branching habitat plant resembles a small edlicate bamboo. Japanese stiltgrass microstegium vimineum identification and management. Japanese stiltgrass turns brown or purple in the fall while virginia cutgrass will stay.
Japanese stiltgrass also known as annual jewgrass bamboograss flexible sesagrass japanese grass mary s grass microstegium nepal microstegium or vietnamese grass is a summer annual commonly found in shady moist areas and is spreading rapidly in woodlands as well as shaded landscapes and low. Japanese stiltgrass has a shiny silvery midrib or stripe down the center of the leaf and virginia cutgrass does not.