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§1 Plant

Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake

vernacular Caucasian bluestem — species · Poaceae

USDA: BOBL
GBIF: 2704093
Rank: species

Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii) — Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae Barnhart
Genus: Bothriochloa

§2a

Native status, by region

HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 6 counties across 3 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 6 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: High
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: Low
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -23 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 150 min.
Precipitation: 20–50 in/yr
pH range: 5–8
Root depth: 18 in min.
Fertility need: High
Soil texture: medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Bunch
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 3 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Mid Summer
Seed abundance: Low
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Rapid
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 860,000
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 6 counties across 3 states/territories.

Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Alachua 12001

Louisiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾

Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Washington 28151

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/BOBL ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2704093 ↗

Record version

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