Index / Search / Dichanthelium scoparium
§1 Plant
Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould
vernacular velvet panicum — species · Poaceae
§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
· 454 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 4.3 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
- 380,000
- 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 454 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Barrow 13013
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Douglas 13097
- Early 13099
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Fulton 13121
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Lanier 13173
- Lincoln 13181
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Richmond 13245
- Spalding 13255
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Walton 13297
- Warren 13301
- Wheeler 13309
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Lawrence 47099
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- White 47185
Virginia view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DISC3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702562 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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