Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Broadleaf Uniola, Bamboo Grass, Broad-Leaf Chasmanthium, Indian Wood-Oats, Indian Woodoats, Northern Sea Oats, Sea Oats, Spangle Grass, Wild Oats
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Upright clump in sun, more lax in shade.
Flowers: Slender stems of flat spikelets in drooping panicles. • Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: green • Flower Conspicuous: Green spikelets , aging to bronze
Foliage: Bamboo-like foliage • Foliage Shape: Lance-shaped • Normal foliage color: Green • Underside foliage: Green • Juvenile foliage: Green • Mature foliage: Green • New foliage: Green • Spring foliage: Green • Summer foliage: Bamboo-like green foliage . Bright green lanceolate leaves turn bronze in fall . • Fall foliage: Green • Winter foliage: Yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Moderate. • Size: Fast growing clumping grass with sturdy stems to 2 to 3 ft . tall, 2 ft. wide.
Landscaping
Landscape Uses: Naturalizing. Cut or dried flowers. • Care: Reseeds freely. Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . For a neat appearance , remove old foliage before new leaves emerge . Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,092 meters (0 to 3,583 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 24-36" apart.
Soil: Organic , moist, well-drained soil. • Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial sun. Tolerates even, dry shade.
Moisture: Water Requirements: Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.
Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
()
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Centothecoideae
()
- Tribe:
Centotheceae
()
- Genus:
Chasmanthium
()
- Link, 1827
- Specific epithet:
latifolium
- (Michx.) Yates
- Botanical name: - Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) Yates
- Specific epithet:
latifolium
- (Michx.) Yates
- Genus:
Chasmanthium
(
- Tribe:
Centotheceae
(
- Subfamily:
Centothecoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Uniola latifolia Michx.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chasmanthium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. latifolium (Broadleaf Uniola) · C. laxum (Slender Woodoats) · C. laxum var. laxum (Slender Woodoats) · C. nitidum (Shiny Spikegrass) · C. ornithorhynchum (Birdbill Spikegrass) · C. sessiliflorum (Longleaf Spikegrass)
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Further Reading
- Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States, by Donovan S. Correll and Helen B. Correll. [Washington]Environmental Protection Agency; [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1972. url p. 201, p. 202.
- Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 11, p. 12, p. 34, p. 38.
- National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- url p. 421.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 122, p. 230, p. 283, p. 372.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 149, p. 174, p. 232, p. 39.
- Vascular plants of the Sangamon River basin; annotated checklist and ecological summary [by] Almut G. Jones and David T. Bell. [Urbana], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, [1974] url p. 40.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 21, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
- Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661542
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-41547
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13753995
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395683-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 50018
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 179948
Footnotes
- Mean = 192.410 meters (631.266 feet), Standard Deviation = 148.140 based on 1,747 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
