Panic Grass
Other Common Names:
(Panicum spp.)
Native
Grass like leaves are linear and flat or folded, growing two to six feet tall. Branching flowers grow in clusters and look brownish.
Management Options
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Description
There are close to 70 species of panic grass varieties in North America. Grass like leaves are linear and flat or folded, growing two to six feet tall. Branching flowers grow in clusters. The small flowers look brownish in color. Stems are hollow and have creeping rhizomes. Muskrats and nutria eat the rhizomes of panic grass.
Panic grasses are common and difficult to tell apart.
Location
Panic grasses can be found across the United States.
Propagation
seeds, rhizomes
Management Options
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