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§1 Plant

Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus

vernacular pitted beardgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA: BOPE2
GBIF: 2704108
Rank: species

pitted beardgrass (Bothriochloa pertusa) — Platephotograph · Mateo Hernandez SchmidtCC BY-NC-SA 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
NAV Navassa Island Introduced
PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
PR Puerto Rico Introduced
VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 13 counties across 3 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 13 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: Low
Fire: High
Salinity: Medium
Anaerobic: Medium
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: Low

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 17 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 365 min.
Precipitation: 20–80 in/yr
pH range: 5–7.5
Root depth: 12 in min.
Fertility need: Low
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Stoloniferous
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 3 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Moderate
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: Yes
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Indeterminate
Seed abundance: Medium
Seed begins: Year Round
Seed ends: Year Round
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 400,000
Propagation: seed, sprigs

§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 13 counties across 3 states/territories.

Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Washington 05143

Florida view state ↗ 8 I ▾

Mississippi view state ↗ 4 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/BOPE2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2704108 ↗

Record version

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