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Chasmanthium
Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats. One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
river oats
speciesChasmanthium latifolium
Longleaf Woodoats
speciesChasmanthium sessiliflorum
Slender Spikegrass
speciesChasmanthium laxum
Shiny Woodoats
speciesChasmanthium nitidum
Bird-bill Spikegrass
speciesChasmanthium ornithorhynchum
Chasmanthium curvifolium
speciesChasmanthium curvifolium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84365.