…… grass??

[Murt]

can anyone tell me what kind of grass this is and how it is propagated --rhizomes-seeds or some other way
this stuff is at least 10 feet tall

I was thinking maybe elephant/napier grass but I am not sure

thanks

 

[Freeholder]

It might help to know where you are. We have something similar to that here, Johnson grass, but I don't think it gets quite that big.

Kathleen

 

[Murt]

I am in middle Georgia
this is not Johnson grass --at least not like any johnson grass that I have ever seen
it appears to be some type of ornamental

 

[Shooter]

if you have a country extension agent take a chunk and ask them,

 

[AlaskaSue]

Pic is I bit blurry but from I’m seeing, that looks like pigweed or similar. I spend a lot of time on this old farmstead every summer pulling it by hand.

I hope that you have something easier to deal with; at least I don’t have to worry about snakes!

 

[fish hook]

Pic is I bit blurry but from I’m seeing, that looks like pigweed or similar. I spend a lot of time on this old farmstead every summer pulling it by hand.

I hope that you have something easier to deal with; at least I don’t have to worry about snakes!

Definitely not what we call pig weed in the south. What is called pig weed here is a type of amaranth.

 

[Murt]

If I click on the thumbnail it gets larger
does it work the same for others or just for the one that posted the pics

 

[Murt]

if you have a country extension agent take a chunk and ask them,

I am trying to find out who owns the land where the stuff is growingand see if they will let me dig some roots
It is boarding a large agricultural field --usually beans or some type of grain
i don't think that they would mind if I dug up some but I want to get permission first
the county agent hasn't impressed me

 

[Jaybird]

Looks like river cane to me.

 

[Millwright]

Looks almost like Roseau Cane, which is experiencing a terrible blight in South Louisiana.

 

[Murt]

thanks

it is not cane --I am sure that it is some type of grass-at least not what I call cane
From my limited research it may be some type of miscanthus