A mat of Japanese stiltgrass in Rock County, Wisconsin, in July 2025. / Photo Credit: John Zaborsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison Renz Weed Science Lab
By Wisconsin DNR
Thanks to the help of eagle-eyed observers across southern Wisconsin, the harmful invasive plant Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) has now been detected in three additional counties. That brings the total number of Wisconsin counties to five.
The most recent detections of the non-native, annual grass came in Dane, Grant and Walworth counties. The Dane County find was in Middleton, northwest of Madison; in Grant County, it was found southeast of Wyalusing State Park; in Walworth County, it was found north of Geneva Lake.
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