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§1 Plant

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

vernacular Bermudagrass — species · Poaceae


USDA
CYDA
GBIF
6109637
Rank
species
Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)
Platephotograph · Jaxon LaneCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Cynodon
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 643 counties across 24 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 643 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
High
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-8 °F minimum
Frost-free days
160 min.
Precipitation
32–100 in/yr
pH range
5–8
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Stoloniferous
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
1.4 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
Yes
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
2,071,120
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 643 counties across 24 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 9 I
Arizona view state ↗ 15 I
Arkansas view state ↗ 48 I
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I
Florida view state ↗ 43 I
Georgia view state ↗ 20 I
Illinois view state ↗ 29 I
Indiana view state ↗ 13 I
Kansas view state ↗ 74 I
Kentucky view state ↗ 49 I
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 I
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I
Michigan view state ↗ 5 I
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 I
Montana view state ↗ 2 I
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 I
New York view state ↗ 11 I
North Carolina view state ↗ 56 I
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 I
South Carolina view state ↗ 37 I
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 I
Virginia view state ↗ 85 I
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/CYDA ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/6109637 ↗

Record version

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