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Plume Grass, Sugar-Cane (Saccharum)

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Plume Grass, Sugar-Cane Genus Details

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Sugarcane is a tall grass which can grow to 15' tall. The stems are woody but when crushed, yield a juice rich in sugar. Sugarcane is grown in Louisiana and southern Florida as well as Hawaii. Sugarcane provides the raw materials for processed sugar that's used in granulated and brown sugar as a sweetener. The dried canes make a wonderful mulching material and are sold for that purpose.

Plume Grass, Sugar-Cane Allergy Info

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This genus is not commonly cited as a source of allergy, except with high exposure, especially in agricultural workers. Sugarcane is a member of the grass family.

Plume Grass, Sugar-Cane Pollen Description

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Grains are spheroidal to ovoidal, sometimes elliptical. The exine is thin and the surface is granular to finely reticuloid. Pocaceae apertures are 1-porate, with the pores usually circular to ovoidal.
Grains are 22-122 micrometers in diameter.
This plant belongs to the grass family.  All pollen grains in this family are similar to the Poaceae (grass) grain pictured here. Herb. MIN
This plant belongs to the grass family. All pollen grains in this family are similar to the Poaceae (grass) grain pictured here. Herb. MIN
This plant belongs to the grass family.  All pollen grains in this family are similar to the Poaceae (grass) grains pictured here. Herb. MIN
This plant belongs to the grass family. All pollen grains in this family are similar to the Poaceae (grass) grains pictured here. Herb. MIN

Species in This Genus

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Allergenicity Legend:
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Plume Grass, Sugar-Cane (Saccharum) is a genus of the POACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

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Plume Grass, Sugar-Cane Genus Location

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The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.
  - Native, observed in a county
  - Introduced, observed in a county
  - Rarely observed

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