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 ½ to ¾ 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