Some American prairie grasses have been developed into ornamental grasses that do very well in all of Maine’s seasons. They are especially intriguing to watch in brisk winds, such as yesterday’s gusts that approached 30 miles per hour.
Above, you see Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum), one of these cultivated natives, being laid out by yesterday’s wind. The plant also is called Panic Grass due to its Latin binomial.
Similarly, Japanese Silver Grass (Miscanthus sinensis), one of Asia’s native grasses, has been cultivated into an ornamental grass that does very well in all of Maine’s seasons, including windy Septembers:
(Brooklin, Maine)