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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Bluestems, Lemon Grasses, Silvergrasses, and Allies
  8. Satintail

genus

Satintail

Imperata

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Cogon Grass introduced
  • California Satintail native
  • Brazilian Blady Grass native
  • Imperata contracta
  • Imperata conferta

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native satintail All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • California Satintail Imperata brevifolia
  • Brazilian Blady Grass Imperata brasiliensis

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