River Oats Grass

River Oats Grass

Chasmanthium latifolium

Poaceae (Grass Family)

Chasmanthium latifolium: River Oat Grass

Location near campus: between Foster Recreation Center and Blair-Shannon.

• native warm-season bunchgrass, with about 1/2 to � inch wide and 4-9 inch long blue-green leaves
• grows 2-5’ tall
• at tips of flowering stems, produces dangling panicles with green flattened spikelets (look like flattened feathers ▲) that turn bronze-brown as they ripen
• foliage turns tan in winter
• prefers moist soils and tolerates moderate shade
• native to Missouri