Digitaria eriantha Steud.

vernacular digitgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA: DIER
GBIF: 5289987
Rank: species

digitgrass (Digitaria eriantha) — Platephotograph · Tony RebeloCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae Barnhart
Genus: Digitaria

§2a

Native status, by region

HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
PR Puerto Rico Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 24 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 24 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: Low
Fire: High
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: None
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 17 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 180 min.
Precipitation: 40–60 in/yr
pH range: 5–7
Root depth: 6 in min.
Fertility need: Low
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Stoloniferous
Growth rate: Moderate
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 2 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Porous
Porosity (winter): Porous
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Spread rate: None
Stratify: No
Propagation: sprigs

§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 24 counties across 2 states/territories.

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/DIER ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5289987 ↗

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