Chasmanthium latifolium

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Chasmanthium latifolium
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Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Species:
C. latifolium
Binomial name
Chasmanthium latifolium
(Michx.) Yates

Chasmanthium latifolium, known as fish-on-a-fishing-pole, northern wood-oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, and river oats is a species of grass native to the central and eastern United States, Manitoba, and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsylvania and Michigan, [1] where it is a threatened species. [2] The species was previously classified as Uniola latifolia (André Michaux).

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Description

Chasmanthium latifolium is a cool-season, rhizomatous, perennial grass with culms about 1 m [3 feet] tall. [3] The inflorescence is an open, nodding panicle of laterally compressed (flattened) spikelets. The plant typically grows in wooded areas and riparian zones. [4]

Gardens

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Chasmanthium latifolium, northern sea oats

It is used in landscaping in North America, where it is noted as a relatively rare native grass that thrives in partial shade; the plant is recommended for USDA hardiness zones 3–9 in acidic sands, loams, and clays. [5] [6]

Ecology

It is a larval host plant for the Northern Pearly-Eye, and its seeds are food for birds and mammals. [7] It is also eaten by the caterpillars of the pepper and salt skipper, Bell's roadside skipper, and bronzed roadside skipper butterflies. [8]

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