Black Fountain Grass Cenchrus purpurascens ThunbergNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: Cenchrus alopecuroides, Cenchrus compressus, Chinese Fountain-Grass, Chinese Pennisetum, Pennisetum alopecuroides.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Poales   >   Family Poaceae   >   Genus Cenchrus   

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Black Fountain Grass in Charles Co., Maryland (9/23/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Kent Co., Maryland (10/9/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/26/2013). Photo by Jane Hill. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Kent Co., Maryland (10/23/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (10/25/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Howard Co., Maryland (11/13/2020). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (10/30/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Queen Annes Co., Maryland (10/25/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/4/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (10/25/2017). Photo by Danny Poet. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass, in rain, in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/5/2017). Photo by Bill Hill. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Frederick Co., Maryland (11/4/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/18/2017). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/27/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/4/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/4/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Black Fountain Grass in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/9/2018). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved. Photo by Dwight Johnson. (MBP list)


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