Inland Sea Oats
Synonyms: Indian Woodoats
Scientific Name: Chasmanthium latifolium
Perennial grass bearing large, drooping, oat-like flower spikelets. Tolerant of shade and moist habitats.
Inland Sea Oats
Synonyms: Indian Woodoats
Scientific Name: Chasmanthium latifolium
Inland Sea Oats
| Genus species: | Chasmanthium latifolium | |||||||||||
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| Common Names: | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Woodoats | |||||||||||
| 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 |
Introduced Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Grass | |||||||||||
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum Backyard Habitat Nature Playscape | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | M. Becus | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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