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raccoon

(32,466 posts)
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:14 AM Sep 2025

As a SC native, I'm trying to figure out what this plant is.

I have noticed this time of year, late summer and early fall, a plant that grows in the ditches and low areas in the South Carolina low country. It is some kind of a grass. It is probably about 4 feet high and it has a head like wheat only it is rust red.

Can anybody help me with this?

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As a SC native, I'm trying to figure out what this plant is. (Original Post) raccoon Sep 2025 OP
There's an app for that. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 #1
Seek is another app that will identify it LearnedHand Sep 2025 #2
PlantSnap ZDU Sep 2025 #3
Phragamites australis? Easterncedar Sep 2025 #4

LearnedHand

(5,590 posts)
2. Seek is another app that will identify it
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:55 AM
Sep 2025

I use Seek all the time to identify plants, bugs, mammals, shells, etc. it’s free and is privacy-focused.

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