Index / Search / Dactylis glomerata
§1 Plant
Dactylis glomerata L.
vernacular orchardgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Dactylis
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 963 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- 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 Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 427,200
- Propagation
- seed
§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 963 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Franklin 20059
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 66 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 41 I ▾
- Alger 26003
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Marquette 26103
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cook 27031
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Silver Bow 30093
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 74 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Davie 37059
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- 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
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- 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
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Trousdale 47169
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 94 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- 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
- Nelson 51125
- 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
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DAGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2705308 ↗Record version
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