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flurries on a seedhead

Snowflakes around seedheads of an ornamental grass (silver grass) of the Miscanthus genus (probably the hybrid of M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus known as Miscanthus × giganteus) of the Poaceae (Gramineae), or grass family, growing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The specimen also may be M. sinensis.

 

The plant also is called "winter miscanthus" due to the persistence of its bright seedheads through winter.

 

Originating in East Asia, M. sinensis is widely naturalized and considered invasive in parts of its naturalized range including the eastern U.S.

 

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Uploaded on February 11, 2022
Taken on February 4, 2022