Ornamental grasses are increasingly popular in landscaping. One species being offered in nurseries and online is ribbongrass, or Phalaris arundinacea var. picta ('Castor', 'Feesey', 'Strawberries and Cream', 'luteo-picta'), a striped ornamental variety of the noxious weed known as reed canarygrass (P. arundinacea var. arundinacea). Landscapers, garden centers, seed companies, and gardeners are urged not to plant either variety, ribbongrass or reed canarygrass, or offer them for sale.
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Title
Ornamental grass threatens native biodiversity
Creators
Linda Hardesty (Author)
Susanne Canwell (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Fact sheet (Washington State University. Cooperative Extension); 106E.
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900501555701842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess