Index / Search / Eragrostis hirsuta
§1 Plant
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
vernacular bigtop lovegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Eragrostis
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 314 counties across 19 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 314 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Orange 12095
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERHI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2705442 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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