FA Exhibit ID-008

Pampas grass or miscanthus: read the plume structure

Equal-weight public-domain botanical drawings compare the large plumelike panicle of pampas grass with the fan-shaped panicle of numerous silky racemes on Chinese silvergrass. — FA Exhibit ID-008. Pampas grass or miscanthus: read the plume structure. Morphology from the USDA Manual of the Grasses of the United States (1951), pp. 189 and 740–741, with USFS FEIS MISSIN. One named species per genus; not a complete key. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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