Publication Date
1989
Description
The plant genus Miscanthus (silvergrass) includes eight species and one variety in China. In the tropical and subtropical area of south China, the silvergrass distributed widely includes the following seven species : Floret silvergrass ( Miscanthus floridulus), Chinese silvergrass ( M. sinensis), Sugary silvergrass ( M. sacchariflorus), Short-hair silvergrass ( M. brevipilus j, Eulalia silver grass ( M. eulalioides), Szechuan silvcrgrass ( M. szechuanensis), Nepal silvergrass ( M. nepalen sis). One of them, Floret silvergrass, is the widest in distribution and the highest in economical value, and plays a most important role in the animal husbandry, light industry and the conservation of water and soil; up to now, it has been cultivated widely and gradually become the semi-cultivated type plant in Guizhou and Hunun provinces of China. Floret silvergrass is mainly distributed between the north latitudes 18°10'-34°, and the cast longitudes 98°20'-121°40' in China; in Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunun, Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Floret silvergrass can be found in the plant catalogue of these provinces and countries and on the base of the reports, it also occurs in Hainan island and Taibei province. In accordance with the description of the vegetation in Hainan island by the Grassland Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Science of China:<< Floret silvergrass is a common species in the mcsophytic tropical grassland and hilly tropical grassland, where it can grow well in the conditions of the iron red clay and hilly yellow clay
Citation
Bangchang, Zhu, "On the Cultivation and Utilization of Floret Silvergrass (Miscanthus floridulus) in the Southern Area of China" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 35.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session4b/35
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On the Cultivation and Utilization of Floret Silvergrass (Miscanthus floridulus) in the Southern Area of China
The plant genus Miscanthus (silvergrass) includes eight species and one variety in China. In the tropical and subtropical area of south China, the silvergrass distributed widely includes the following seven species : Floret silvergrass ( Miscanthus floridulus), Chinese silvergrass ( M. sinensis), Sugary silvergrass ( M. sacchariflorus), Short-hair silvergrass ( M. brevipilus j, Eulalia silver grass ( M. eulalioides), Szechuan silvcrgrass ( M. szechuanensis), Nepal silvergrass ( M. nepalen sis). One of them, Floret silvergrass, is the widest in distribution and the highest in economical value, and plays a most important role in the animal husbandry, light industry and the conservation of water and soil; up to now, it has been cultivated widely and gradually become the semi-cultivated type plant in Guizhou and Hunun provinces of China. Floret silvergrass is mainly distributed between the north latitudes 18°10'-34°, and the cast longitudes 98°20'-121°40' in China; in Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunun, Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Floret silvergrass can be found in the plant catalogue of these provinces and countries and on the base of the reports, it also occurs in Hainan island and Taibei province. In accordance with the description of the vegetation in Hainan island by the Grassland Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Science of China:<< Floret silvergrass is a common species in the mcsophytic tropical grassland and hilly tropical grassland, where it can grow well in the conditions of the iron red clay and hilly yellow clay
