Silver Plumegrass

Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt. - Grass family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 10.0 feet

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Flower Color: White

Bloom Time: Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind

Larval Species depending on Silver Plumegrass: Atrytone logan, Lerema accius

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.