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§1 Plant
Eriochloa acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth
vernacular tapertip cupgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Eriochloa
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 39 counties across 10 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 39 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERAC4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702518 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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