Poaceae
Amur silvergrass
Miscanthus sacchariflorus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Miscanthus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Chinese
- 荻, 巴茅根, 荻花, 萑葦
- Croatian
- Amurska srebrna trava
- Czech
- Ozdobnice cukrová
- Dutch
- Groot prachtriet
- English
- Amur silvergrass
- Finnish
- Mammuttiheinä
- Japanese
- オギ, 荻
- Korean
- 물억새
- lzh
- 荻
- Polish
- Miskant cukrowy
- Russian
- Веероцветник сахароцветный, Веерник сахароцветный, Мискантус сахароцветковый, Мискантус сахароцветный
Synonyms
- Imperata saccharifera Andersson ex Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daria, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sasha vuksinic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Мирослав Соболев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flo BK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: johnmurtaugh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: narcisa yu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.