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Erianthus giganteus (Walter) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Sugarcane Plume Grass, Giant Plume Grass. Phenology: Sep-Dec. Habitat: Marshes, roadbanks, lake and pond margins, cypress ponds, wet pine flatwoods, ditches. Distribution: NY south to FL, west to se. TX and AR, mainly Coastal Plain, but with an extensive distribution inland as well.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, G, GW1, HC, Il, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, Tx, W; = Erianthus saccharoides Michx. — S, S13; = Saccharum giganteum (Walter) Pers. — Ar, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, K4, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Webster & Shaw (1995); > Erianthus compactus Nash — S13; > Erianthus giganteus (Walter) P.Beauv. var. compactus (Nash) Fernald — F; > Erianthus giganteus (Walter) P.Beauv. var. giganteus — F; > Erianthus laxus Nash — S13; > Erianthus saccharoides Michx. var. compactus (Nash) Fernald — Tat; > Erianthus saccharoides Michx. var. saccharoides — Tat; Anthoxanthum giganteum Walter — (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Saccharum giganteum - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Height: up to 12 ft.

plant sale text: Dramatic, clump-forming grass with 6 to 16 inch long plumes of rose to copper flowers maturing in fall to lovely peachy silver. Individual plants will increase in girth each year and may be dug in late winter and divided to avoid overflow. Once a dominant grassland plant of the Southeast, these excellent natives demonstrate their superiority over pampas grass by not threatening to slice off a digit every time you come near them. Sturdy plant for a sunny location and soil that does not dry out.

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native range: eastern United States