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Miscanthus floridulus (sawgrass; Pacific Island silvergrass; miscanthus, Japanese silvergrass; Japanese silvergrass; miscanthus; swordgrass; tupon nette)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Miscanthus floridulus, Pacific Island silvergrass, is a species of perennial grass in the Poaceae family.
View Wikipedia Record: Miscanthus floridulus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Structure [2]  Grass
Usage [1]  Plants can be grown as a screen. Although they die down in the winter they quickly attain their full height each season;
Height [1]  8.2 feet (2.5 m)
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Predators

Alcippe morrisonia (Grey-cheeked Fulvetta)[3]
Macaca cyclopis (Taiwan macaque)[4]
Miscanthicoccus miscanthi[5]
Saccharicoccus sacchari (pink sugarcane mealybug)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Differences in Foraging Ecology between Generalized and Specialized Frugivorous Birds in the Fushan Experimental Forest, Northeastern Taiwan, Chao-Chieh Chen, Lien-Siang Chou, Taiwan J For Sci 23(3): 233-42, 2008
♦ 4Food Habits of Formosan Rock Macaques (Macaca cyclopis) in Jentse, Northeastern Taiwan, Assessed by Fecal Analysis and Behavioral Observation, Hsiu-Hui Su and Ling-Ling Lee, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2001, pp. 359-377
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0