Index / Search / Cynodon dactylon
§1 Plant
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
vernacular Bermudagrass — species · Poaceae
§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§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 ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Glades 12043
- Hendry 12051
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Livingston 17105
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 74 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 49 I ▾
- Allen 21003
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Rowan 21205
- Shelby 21211
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
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 ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Surry 37171
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Davidson 47037
- Grainger 47057
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 85 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
§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
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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