Zebra Grass     Information
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Scientific Name:Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Common Name Synonyms:Zebrinus, Japanese Silver Grass
Variety: 'Zebrinus'


NOTES: Zebra grass, a cultivar of Chinese silvergrass, is a favorite among the ornamental grasses. Native to eastern Asia throughout most of China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.

There is considerable disagreement with the naming of this plant at the variety level. Plant name is not accepted by ITIS / USDA


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Zebra Grass
Genus species: Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Common Names: Zebra Grass
Zebrinus
Japanese Silver Grass
Variety:'Zebrinus'
Family Name: Poaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody in a few genera; stems terete, internodes hollow or solid; leaves alternate, 2-ranked, simple, and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases, the sheaths usually open, typically with a ligule at junction of sheath and blade; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, subtended by bracts (a lemma and usually a palea), in spikelets usually subtended by a pair of bracts (glumes); fruit a caryopsis.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Grass
Flower Color:Yellow


CNC Habitat: Nature Playscape
Herb Wall
Identified by:J.D. Mancini

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