Index / Search / Brachyelytrum erectum
§1 Plant
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.) P. Beauv.
vernacular bearded shorthusk — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Brachyelytrum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 624 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 624 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Benton 05007
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Marion 05089
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Appanoose 19007
- Boone 19015
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Clay 19041
- Clayton 19043
- Crawford 19047
- Decatur 19053
- Emmet 19063
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Johnson 19103
- Lucas 19117
- Madison 19121
- Marion 19125
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Muscatine 19139
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Story 19169
- Van Buren 19177
- Warren 19181
- Webster 19187
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Koochiching 27071
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Buncombe 37021
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Gaston 37071
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rutherford 37161
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Hampshire 54027
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BRER2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8644847 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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