Microstegium vimineum

TaxID: 91518

Basic Information

Microstegium vimineum

Chinese Packing Grass, Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese stiltgrass

Microstegium vimineum, commonly known as Japanese stiltgrass, packing grass, or Nepalese browntop, is an annual grass that is common in a wide variety of habitats and is well adapted to low light levels. It has become an invasive species throughout parts of the world, most notably North America.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Microstegium

vimineum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Microstegium vimineum
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(c) Derek Hudgins@BY-NC
Microstegium vimineum
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
Microstegium vimineum
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(c) botanygirl@BY
Microstegium vimineum
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(c) Emily Summerbell@BY
Microstegium vimineum
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(c) Michael Ellis@BY-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (31 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2017
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2017
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2017
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2017
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2017
Germany IAS of Union concern 2017
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2017
EPPO A2 Present —
Spain IAS of Union concern 2017
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Distribution (25 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

23
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bhutan Present —
Canada Transient
China Present
Cameroon Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Absent —
Costa Rica Present —
Georgia Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_022036555.1 Chromosome 1118 597 53044 -

Transcriptomes (6 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR16219867 leaf - - 22767749 -
SRR16219866 leaf - - 22224165 -
SRR16219865 leaf - - 25676198 -
SRR16219862 chasmogamous-inflorescence - - 26324968 -
SRR16219860 chasmogamous-inflorescence - - 30556540 -
SRR16219858 cleistogamous-inflorescence - - 24518683 -

DNA Barcodes (52 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SERC142-14 - trnH-psbA 618 United States 2012-08-08 38.89, -76.55
SERC142-14 - rbcLa 553 United States 2012-08-08 38.89, -76.55
SCBI403-14 - trnH-psbA 618 United States 2013-09-30 38.892, -78.146
SCBI403-14 - rbcLa 553 United States 2013-09-30 38.892, -78.146
SCBI403-14 - matK 757 United States 2013-09-30 38.892, -78.146
ITSAP957-14 - ITS2 224 South Korea - 36.402386, 127.762245
ITSAP954-14 - ITS2 224 South Korea - 36.402386, 127.762245
ITSAP896-14 - ITS2 224 South Korea - 36.402386, 127.762245
IPSUB663-18 - trnH-psbA 614 Japan - 36.767387, 137.46935
IPSUB663-18 - rbcL 553 Japan - 36.767387, 137.46935
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Literature