Introduced to Hawaii as an ornamental plant in the early 1900s, fountain grass escaped cultivation and is now one of the most abundant plants in leeward Hawaii.

Fountain grass is almost never found on Maui, but is extremely widespread on the leeward side of Hawaii island, where it has transformed the landscape and continues to spread.

There’s an unnamed insect that eats the seeds of fountain grass and a “smut fungus” that grows on them in their natural range. “A project like this is not going to come in one or two years.

Washington (AFP) – After a catastrophic wildfire that killed more than 100 people in Hawaii, eyes have turned toward an unexpected culprit: invasive grass species that have spread massively over ...

Cattle don’t like its waxy, spiny stems, says Bradley. Fountain grass grows as an invasive species in Arizona, Nevada, California and Hawaii. Hawaii regulates it as a noxious weed.