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§1 Plant

Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A. Clark

vernacular needleleaf rosette grass — species · Poaceae


USDA
DIAC
GBIF
2702633
Rank
species
needleleaf rosette grass (Dichanthelium aciculare)
Platephotograph · jim_keeslingCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 269 counties across 13 states/territories
Legend Native · 269 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
2 °F minimum
Frost-free days
200 min.
Precipitation
30–60 in/yr
pH range
4–6.5
Root depth
4 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
1.6 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Gray-Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Yellow
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
381,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 269 counties across 13 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 12 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 53 N
Georgia view state ↗ 31 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 42 N
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 47 N
Virginia view state ↗ 31 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/DIAC ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2702633 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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