I believe it was used as packaging for shipping containers from China, especially for fragile items like glasses/dinnerware. People would throw away the packaging, and it would basically spread from wherever it was dumped.
This perennial grass from Southeast Asia (and Africa) was introduced into the U.S. in 1911 near Mobile, Alabama (Grand Bay, Alabama) as packing material in a shipment of plants from Japan and into Mississippi by cattle farmers as a forage crop before the 1920s. Later it was introduced into Florida for cattle forage and soil stabilization.
We have native plants that provide much better cover for wildlife. Cogongrass is extremely thick and doesn’t provide hardly any room for smaller wildlife to move within it, it’s almost impenetrable
I need more cogon grass for roofing
why did cogon grass come to north america? what was the purpose of it?
I believe it was used as packaging for shipping containers from China, especially for fragile items like glasses/dinnerware. People would throw away the packaging, and it would basically spread from wherever it was dumped.
This perennial grass from Southeast Asia (and Africa) was introduced into the U.S. in 1911 near Mobile, Alabama (Grand Bay, Alabama) as packing material in a shipment of plants from Japan and into Mississippi by cattle farmers as a forage crop before the 1920s. Later it was introduced into Florida for cattle forage and soil stabilization.
@@freespirit1975 in Philippines cogon grass is used for roofing in small cabin in farm etc. its natural roofing materials
Can be used as a good cover plant.
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We have native plants that provide much better cover for wildlife. Cogongrass is extremely thick and doesn’t provide hardly any room for smaller wildlife to move within it, it’s almost impenetrable
goats and pigs
Sorry, it's a losing battle.