Japanese Stiltgrass Uses
Japanese stiltgrass microstegium vimineum.
Japanese stiltgrass uses. Pat rector environmental and resource management agent morris and somerset counties. However it is a summer annual so it will completely die in the fall and can only return the following year from seeds it dropped. Flower heads develop late in the season. About one hundred years ago probably as packing material in shipments from china.
Japanese stilt grass university of maine. Native to asia japanese stiltgrass was introduced to the u s. Fish says japanese stiltgrass had never been confirmed in maine until a couple of weeks ago when it was discovered at a plant nursery in york county. Japanese stiltgrass is most commonly found in shady moist disturbed areas including wetlands ditch banks utility rights of way mulched landscape beds and low maintenance turf.
Since the japanese stiltgrass is an annual grass the most important thing to do is to prevent it from producing seeds. Peter nitzsche agriculture and natural resources agent morris county. 2019 status in maine. It alters the soil ph.
It s very likely to take over floodplain forest and. However infestations are common in upland forests as well. Species profile of microstegium vimineum japanese stilt grass. Nps plant invaders of mid atlantic natural areas.
It basically takes over the forest understory. It is difficult to eradicate japanese stiltgrass without harming the rest of your pasture grasses since japanese stiltgrass is also a grass. Herbaceous annual grass 1 3 tall with a branching habitat plant resembles a small edlicate bamboo. Japanese stiltgrass dominance can be reduced on infested sites by applying milestone at 5 to 7 fl oz a at growth.
If you want to prevent japanese stiltgrass from showing in your lawn or garden limit the disturbing areas and make sure to remediate the disturbed soils in a quick manner. For control there are different principles as shown. He says it s one of the most harmful non native invasive plants. I ve visited sites to study endangered orchids in west virginia over the past few years and i d noticed japanese stiltgrass creeping in and.
As well as along roads and ditches and in moist woodlands it is increasingly found on the edges of farm fields in pasture. Plant biologists like craig barrett know better.