Species: Chasmanthium latifolium, River Oats, Indian Woodoats, Spangle Grass

Family: Poaceae

Plant description: Clump-forming perennial grass with 1" wide blades and nodding clusters of flat, oatlike seedheads.

Habitat: Rich woods, streambanks, floodplains, bottomland forests

Range: southeastern North America from New Jersey and Pennsylvania west to Kansas and south to central Texas and northern Florida

Bloom Period: spring to fall

Human Uses: Ornamental cultivar

Ecology: Seeds eaten by wildlife

Status: Threatened: Michigan

Chasmanthium latifolium, Durham NC July 24 2004