Microstegium vimineum

Common Name: 
Japanese stiltgrass, Mary's grass, Nepalese browntop, annual Jewgrass
Scientific Name: 
Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus var. imberbe (Nees) Honda
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced annual, reproducing by seed
Stems
prostrate or reclining with tips ascending, branched, smooth but sometimes hairy above, rooting at nodes
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Stems of Japanese Stiltgrass
Leaves
blades light green, finely pubescent above and below, mid-rib with silvery-white broad line, pointed with narrow base, uneven halves, rolled in shoot; auricles absent; ligule membranous, minute hairs; sheaths hairy at top
Leaves of Japanese Stiltgrass
Seedheads
terminal racemes, solitary to six, usually enclosed in sheath