Index / Search / Digitaria cognata
§1 Plant
Digitaria cognata (Schult.) Pilg.
vernacular fall witchgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Digitaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 581 counties across 30 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 581 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Ouachita 05103
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Greene 18055
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Union 37179
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Delaware 40041
- Ellis 40045
- Harmon 40057
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Rogers 40131
- Sequoyah 40135
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Chambers 48071
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Eastland 48133
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Hopkins 48223
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- Matagorda 48321
- Milam 48331
- Montague 48337
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- Tarrant 48439
- Tyler 48457
- Van Zandt 48467
- Wilson 48493
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Pepin 55091
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DICO6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5289991 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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