Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
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Scientific Name:<br />
Common Name(s):<br />
Neyraudia reynaudiana<br />
Burma reed, Silk reed, Cane grass<br />
Height:<br />
Leaves:<br />
Flowers:<br />
Bark:<br />
Fruit:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Treatment:<br />
Stems ranging from 3 to 12 feet tall.<br />
Leaf blades are linear, flat or with margins rolled inward and upward from<br />
<strong>the</strong> edges. Blades range from 10 to 20 inches long and 1/4 to 3/4 inch wide.<br />
Airy inflorescence forms a large, fea<strong>the</strong>ry, silverish clump. Flowers nearly<br />
year-round.<br />
N/A<br />
N/A<br />
Reed-like plant that grows in tall clumps from short, coarsely textured<br />
rhizomes. Occurs in pine rocklands as well as a wide variety <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
habitats. Can tolerate a wide range <strong>of</strong> conditions but prefers open, sunny, dry<br />
and disturbed sites. Burma reed constitutes a serious threat to <strong>the</strong> globally<br />
imperiled pine rockland habitat in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn portion <strong>of</strong> Miami-Dade<br />
county.<br />
Foliar with 2% Roundup Pro<br />
www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/derm/badplants.htm<br />
APIRS- http://aquat1.ifas.edu<br />
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