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cogongrass
Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.


Taxonomic Rank: Liliopsida > Cyperales > Poaceae > Imperata
Common Name Synonym(s): cogon grass, alang-alang
Taxonomic Synonym(s):
Imperata arundinacea (L.) Beauv.
Category: Plants: Grass or Grasslike

358 Records
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0016150 Feature(s) closeup sheath with hairs in September
0016151 Infestation dormant phase of roadside infestation in January
0016152 Feature(s) plant base and rhizomes in September
0016153 Feature(s) Seedheads (whitish plumes) and flower heads in April
0016154 Plant(s) whole plants in September
0016199 Competition
0016200 Infestation under seedling longleaf pine
0016201 Infestation
0016206 deer bedding in dormant grass
0016207 Prescribed Fire Burn in infested stand
0016222 horses grazing on cogongrass, cogongrass was introduced as a potential forage crop.
0016223 horse eating cogongrass, cogongrass was introduced as a potential forage crop
0016224 Infestation along Interstate 65
0016379 Prescribed Fire Infestation in 20-year old pine stand. Fire used to reduce fuel hazard.
0016380 Infestation 20-year old infestation in pine stand.
0016381 Infestation Herbicide test plots bare in 20-year old stand
0016382 Control Herbicide application of glyphosate (Accord) 35 days after treatment. Application in September using 20 gpa.
0908093 Feature(s) portion of a leaf blade, showing the off-center midrib and the scabrous leaf margins.
0908094 Plant(s) note the flowering plant at the center back
1115001 Infestation In the median.
1115002 Infestation In the median
1115003 Feature(s) "Red Baron"
1115004 Infestation Small circular infestation.
1115005 Plant(s)
1115006 Plant(s) Ornamental planting
1115007 Plant(s) Research stand
1115008 Plant(s) "Red Baron" variety in a greenhouse
1115009 Control Wetblade mower
1115010 Control Wetblade mower
1115011 Infestation
1115012 Plant(s) "Red Baron" ornamental planting
1115013 Foliage
1115014 Plant(s) "Red Baron"
1115015 Plant(s)
1115016 Plant(s) "Red Baron" ornamental planting
1115017 Plant(s) "Red baron" ornamental planting
1119111 Infestation In Winter
1119112 Infestation In Winter
1119113 Infestation In Winter
1119114 Infestation In Winter
1120336 Feature(s) Off-center midrib. September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120337 Infestation May. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120338 Plant(s) September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120339 Feature(s) Off-center midrib. September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120343 Feature(s) Overlapping leaf sheaths. September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1148078 seedhead
1148079 Foliage new shoot
1148080 three seedheads
1148136 Plant(s)
1148137 Control Art Miller, USDA APHIS PPQ, spraying herbicide
1148138 Control wetblade mower
1148139 Control wetblade mower
1148140 Control wetblade mower
1148141 Control wetblade mower
1148142 Infestation
1149012 Plant(s)
1149013 Plant(s)
1149014 Infestation
1149023 Infestation
1149024 Infestation roadside
1151005 Control
1197015 Feature(s) Dispersal via soil in equipment
1197016 Wildfire
1197017 Wildfire
1197018 Wildfire
1197019 Wildfire
1197020 Feature(s) Dispersal via soil in equipment
1237046 Feature(s) Pointed rhizome
1237047 Infestation Large infestation
1237048 Infestation Roadside infestation
1237049 Feature(s) Seed head
1237050 Feature(s) Comparative morphology
1237063 Plant(s) Planted "Red Baron" variety
1299003 Infestation

Cogongrass infestation in Mississippi Pine Plantation.

1299104 Infestation
1334094 Infestation Bainbridge, GA
1334099 Infestation Bainbridge, GA
1334102 Control glyphosate mixture. Bainbridge, GA
1334104 Control glyphosate mixture. Bainbridge, GA
1334116 Infestation In planted pines. Mitchell County, GA
1334117 Infestation In planted pines. Mitchell County, GA
1334118 Infestation In planted pines. Mitchell County, GA
1334119 Feature(s) Off-center midrib. Mitchell County, GA
1334120 Feature(s) The whitish midribs are often off-center. Mitchell County, GA
1334122 Infestation In planted pines. Mitchell County, GA
1343004 Feature(s) Whitish, off-center midrib. Mitchell County, GA
1343005 Infestation Infestation within a planted pine stand spreading into the roadside. Mitchell County, GA
1343006 Infestation Infestation within a planted pine stand spreading into the roadside. Mitchell County, GA
1343007 Infestation Infestation within a planted pine stand spreading into the roadside. Mitchell County, GA
1372004 Infestation Winter photo of infestation in planted pine stand.
1372005 Infestation Winter photo of infestation in planted pine stand.
1372006 Infestation Winter photo of infestation in planted pine stand
1380034 Seed(s)
1380035 Seed(s)
1380036 Seed(s)
1380037 Infestation
1380038 Seed(s)
1380039 Infestation
1380040 Infestation
1380041 Infestation
1380042 Infestation
1380043 Infestation
1380044 Foliage
1380045 Infestation
1380046 Infestation
1380047 Foliage
1380048 Foliage
1380049 Infestation
1380050 Infestation
1380051 Infestation
1380052 Infestation
1380053 Infestation
1380054 Feature(s) Rhizomes
1380055 Feature(s) Pointed rhizomes
1380056 Feature(s) Collar region
1380057 Feature(s) Pointed rhizome
1380058 Feature(s) Pointed rhizomes
1380059 Feature(s) Ligule
1380060 Feature(s) Collar region
1380061 Feature(s) Segmented rhizome
1380062 Feature(s) Segmented rhizome with outer covering intact (bottom) and removed (top)
1380063 Feature(s) Segmented rhizomes with outer covering intact (bottom) and removed (top)
1391140 Control Burch wetblade application
1391141 Control Burch wetblade application
1391142 Control Burch wetblade application
1391420 Infestation
1391421 Infestation
1391422 Infestation
1391423 Seedling(s)
1391424 Research Control plots
1391425 Infestation Right-of-way
1391426 Infestation Showing small infestations in flower
1391427 Control
1391428 Feature(s) Rhizome
1391429 Infestation In yard
1391430 Infestation In flower beds
1391431 Infestation In yard
1391432 Biological Control Rhizoctonia disease
1391433 Biological Control Rhizoctonia disease
1391434 Biological Control Rhizoctonia disease
1391435 Infestation In flower
1391436 Seedling(s) In with kudzu
1391437 Research Control plots
1391438 Research Control plots
1391439 Infestation Roadside
1391440 Infestation Several small infestations in flower
1391441 Seed(s) Seeds spreading along road
1391444 Seed(s) Caught in barbed wire fence
1391445 Seed(s)
1461067 Infestation
1461068 Infestation
1499034 Infestation
1499084 Infestation
1624012 Infestation A perennial grass introduced into Louisiana in the early 1900s from the Philippines as a potential cattle forage, is becoming a serious weed of row crops and pine plantations in the Gulf Coast Region.
2120069 Feature(s) Rhizomes
2120070 Feature(s)
2120071 Plant(s)
2120072 Feature(s) Rhizomes
2120073 Feature(s) Rhizomes
2120074 Feature(s) Rhizomes
2130072 Infestation
2130073 Infestation
2130074 Infestation
2130075 Infestation
2130076 Infestation
2131084 Fruit(s)
2131085 Infestation
2131086 Infestation
2131087 Flower(s)
2131088 Flower(s)
2131089 Dispersal

Stuck in radiator of tractor

2131090 Infestation Small infestation in woods
2131091 Infestation Roadside infestation in flower
2131096 Prescribed Fire Prescribed fire to reduce thatch.
2131097 Flower(s)
2132002 Infestation
2132003 Prescribed Fire Burnt to remove thatch layer
2132004 Prescribed Fire Burnt to remove thatch layer
2132005 Prescribed Fire Burnt to remove thatch layer
2132006 Prescribed Fire After a prescribed fire to remove thatch layer
2132023 Plant(s)
2132029 Infestation
2132046 Infestation
2132047 Infestation
2132048 Diagram or Graphic
2132052 Infestation
2132087 Foliage Showing off-center midrib
2132088 Feature(s) Leaf-collar region
2132089 Feature(s) Sharp-pointed rhizome
2132090 Infestation
2132091 Flower(s)
2132092 Infestation
2148033 Infestation Late March, Central Florida
2148034 Infestation Late March, Central Florida
2148035 Infestation Mid April, Central Florida
2155034 Prescribed Fire
2155035 Prescribed Fire
2155036 Prescribed Fire
2155052 Infestation
2155053 Infestation
2155054 Infestation
2155055 Flower(s)
2155056 Flower(s)
2155057 Control Deep disking
2155058 Control Deep disking
2155059 Feature(s) Rhizomes
2155060 Control Deep disking
2155061 Control Deep disking
2186086 Feature(s) Plant Base
2186087 Flower(s)
2186088 Feature(s) Plant Base
2186089 Flower(s)
2188071 Infestation
2188072 Infestation
2307191 Feature(s) September
2307192 Feature(s) September
2307193 Plant(s) September
2307194 Plant(s) January
2307195 Flower(s) May
2307196 Feature(s) September
2307198 Infestation September
2308082 Feature(s) Clump of rhizomes.
2308083 Infestation Distinctive circular infestations in harvest stand.
2308122 Feature(s)
2734037 Foliage showing off-center mid-vein
2912046 Feature(s)
2912047 Plant(s)
2912048 Feature(s)
3970057 Feature(s) Far left, a partial plant showing stems, leaves, roots and elongating rhizomes. Middle, a stem with leaves. Far right, plume-like inflorescence of many paired flowers
3970058 Feature(s) a severe infestation in a longleaf pine upland in central Florida
3970059 Distribution general distribution throughout the world depicted by areas of white (based on information from Holm et al., 1997)
3970060 Distribution general distribution in the United States depicted by area in red
3970061 Feature(s) portion of leaf blade showing off-center midrib and scabrous leaf margins
3970062 Feature(s) high levels of disease and damage severity in a mini-plot following treatment with a potential mycoherbicide consisting of a formulation of Bipolaris sacchari fungal spores, an oil emulsion and water.
4064030 Decatur Co.: near US Hwy 27 bypass, Charter House Inn on East Alice Street, Bainbridge
4064031 Decatur Co.: near US Hwy 27 bypass, Charter House Inn on East Alice Street, Bainbridge
5078025 Prescribed Fire Prescribed fire to remove thatch before herbicide application
5125040 Foliage
5125041 Foliage
5125042 Plant(s)
5289098 Plant(s)
5289099 Foliage
5289100 Infestation
5290001 Infestation
5302012 Plant(s)
5302013 Plant(s)
5344082 Red Baron
5344084 Root(s)
5344085 Root(s)
5345041 Infestation
5345079 Infestation
5345080 Infestation
5345082 Plant(s)
5362525 Infestation

Infestation approximately 1/2 acre in size.

5362526 Plant(s)
5362527 Infestation

Burn marks on trees from extreme heat produced by flames fueled by cogongrass.

5362528 Root(s)

Rhizome

5368020 Infestation

after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368021 Plant(s)

after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368022 Plant(s)

after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368023 Plant(s)

after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368024 Infestation

after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368025 Infestation

after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368026 Infestation

5 months after being sprayed with glyphosate

5368028 Root(s)
5368029 Root(s)

5 months after plants were sprayed with glyphosate

5368030 Root(s)

5 months after plants were sprayed with glyphosate

5371419 Plant(s)

Resprout after treatment with glyphosate.

5371421 Control

spraying with glyphosate.

5371422 Control

spraying with glyphosate

5371426 Control

after being sprayed with glyphosate.

5371427 Control

infestation after 3 years of treatment with glyphosate.

5371428 Control

Previously infested field after three years of treatment with glyphosate.

5371430 Plant(s)

Immediately after being sprayed with glyphosate.

5371431 Control

Same area as this image after 3 years of treatment with glyphosate.

5371432 Control

Same field as this image after three years of treatment with glyphosate.

5371433 Control

same area as this image after three years of treatment of glyphosate.

5371434 Plant(s)

After glyphosate treatment

5371435 Control

Resprouting after treatment with glyphosate.

5371436 Control

resprouting aftet treatment with glyphosate.

5389532 Field
5389533 Root(s)
5389534 Root(s)
5389535 Root(s)
5389623 Root(s)
5392223 Infestation

Infestation in slash pine

5392224 Infestation
5392225 Infestation

Infestation in slash pine

5403036 Seed(s)
5405111 Infestation

Echols County

5405112 Infestation

Echols County

5405113 Infestation

Echols County

5405114 Demonstration

Echols County

5405115 Demonstration

Echols County

5405116 Infestation

Echols County

5405117 Infestation

Echols County

5405118 Infestation

Echols County

5405119 Infestation
5405120 Inspection

Echols County

5405123 Root(s)

Echols County

5405124 Root(s)

Echols County

5405125 Root(s)

Echols County

5405126 Root(s)

Echols County

5405127 Demonstration

Echols County; Joseph LaForest demonstrating

5405128 Demonstration

Echols County; Joseph LaForest demonstrating

5405129 Infestation

Echols County

5405130 Inspection

Echols County

5405131 Plant(s)

Echols County

5405132 Infestation

Echols County

5405133 Infestation

Echols County

5405134 Infestation

Echols County

5405135 Infestation

Echols County

5405136 Inspection

Echols County

5405137 Infestation

Echols County

5405138 Infestation

Echols County

5405139 Inspection

Echols County

5405140 Inspection

Echols County

5405141 Inspection

Echols County

5405142 Inspection

Echols County

5405143 Demonstration

Echols County; sharp rhizomes

5405144 Demonstration

Echols County; Dr. David Moorhead demonstrating

5405145 Demonstration

Echols County

5405146 Demonstration

Echols County; blades have sharp edges

5405147 Demonstration

Echols County: Dr. David Moorhead demonstrating

5405148 Feature(s)

Echols County; white off center midrib on leaf

5405149 Feature(s)

Echols County; white off center midrib of leaf

5405150 Infestation

Echols County

5405151 Infestation

Echols County

5405152 Inspection

Echols County

5405153 Inspection

Echols County

5405154 Inspection

Echols County

5405156 Demonstration

Echols County; Dr. David Moorhead demonstrating

5405158 Infestation

Echols County

5405159 Infestation

Echols County; Infestation spread by road grading equipment

5405160 Infestation

Echols County

5405161 Inspection

Echols County

5405162 Inspection

Echols County

5405163 Inspection
5405164 Demonstration

Echols County

5405165 Inspection
5405166 Inspection
5405167 Infestation

Echols County

5405168 Infestation
5405169 Infestation
5405170 Infestation
5405171 Infestation
5405172 Infestation
5405173 Infestation
5405174 Infestation
5405175 Infestation
5405176 Infestation
5405177 Infestation
5405178 Infestation
5405179 Infestation
5405180 Infestation
5405181 Infestation
9005065 Infestation in September
9005066 Plant(s) upright in September


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