Japanese stilt grass

Microstegium vimineum

Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum) is an invasive plant of Shade, low elevation, and moist to mesic soils . It is a native of Asia and was first detected in Tennessee in approximately 1918.

An invader of forested floodplains, also found in ditches, fields, forest edges and trails.

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6/2020 - International Preliminary Pest Report Japanese Stiltgrass Detection in Canada
1/2020 - Invaders everywhere in southern Indiana
11/2019 - A squad of volunteers musters to rid Crim Dell of the silent green invasion of stilt grass
10/2019 - Invasion of the Japanese stiltgrass: WVU biologist targets plant that wreaks havoc
9/2019 - Invasion of the Japanese stiltgrass
9/2019 - Invasion of the Japanese stiltgrass: WVU biologist targets plant that wreaks havoc
8/2019 - Invasive of the month- Japanese stiltgrass moves in
8/2019 - Shelley Hutchinson: We can rid ourselves of Japanese stiltgrass
8/2019 - Help for Gardeners: Japanese Stiltgrass is hard to control
10/2018 - Control Japanese Stiltgrass Now Before It Flowers!