Miscanthus sinensis

Miscanthus sinensis
Japanese pampas grass ススキの穂波PB080105.jpg
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M. sinensis
Binomial name
Miscanthus sinensis
Andersson (1855)
Japanese Susuki of the plateau

Miscanthus sinensis, the maiden silvergrass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to eastern Asia throughout most of China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. It is an herbaceous perennial grass, growing to 0.8–2 m (3–7 ft) tall, rarely 4 m (13 ft), forming dense clumps from an underground rhizome. The leaves are 18–75 cm (7–30 in) tall and 0.3–2 cm broad. The flowers are purplish, held above the foliage. This plant is the preferred structure for the nesting of some species of paper wasps, such as Ropalidia fasciata.

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