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River Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium, known as fish-on-a-fishing-pole, northern wood-oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, and river oats is a species of grass native to the central and eastern United States, Manitoba, and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsylvania and Michigan, where it is a threatened species. The species was previously classified as Uniola latifolia.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Chasmanthium latifolium
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Poales
Hardiness: Zone 3
Habit: grass
Bloom: Summer