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§1 Plant

Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

vernacular teal lovegrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
ERHY
GBIF
2705323
Rank
species
teal lovegrass (Eragrostis hypnoides)
Platephotograph · grbfrogCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Eragrostis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 617 counties across 28 states/territories
Legend Native · 617 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
16–60 in/yr
pH range
4.5–8.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Slow
Mature height
0.3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Yellow
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
5,669,906
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 617 counties across 28 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 47 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/ERHY ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2705323 ↗

Record version

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