Saccharum spp.
Similar to Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.
The native plumegrasses silver plumegrass (Saccharum alopecuroidum), sugarcane plumegrass (S. giganteum) may be distinguished from congograss by their obvious stems and lack of an off-center midvein. Both of these tall grasses are good ornamental choices for the landscape, producing large, showy pinkish to silvery flower and seed plumes. Sugarcane plumegrass prefers wet to moist sites, and silver plumegrass likes drier soil.