小盼草Northern Sea Oats

原产北美林地的观赏草。它的看点不是花，而是花后垂下来的一串扁平小穗——薄如纸片，两侧对称压扁，被风吹动时会互相轻碰，像一串挂起来的小鱼。An ornamental grass native to North American woodlands. The attraction is not its flowers but the strings of flat spikelets that hang down afterwards — paper-thin and pressed flat, they tap against each other in the wind like a string of little fish.

与多数观赏草不同，小盼草耐半阴，因此常被种在树荫下。冬季植株枯黄后小穗仍挂在枝上，逆光时呈半透明的浅褐色，是冬季园景中难得的细节。Unlike most ornamental grasses, northern sea oats tolerates part shade, so it is often planted under trees. After the plant turns straw-coloured in winter, the spikelets stay on the stems and glow a translucent pale brown against the light — a rare detail in the winter garden.