Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees

vernacular Lehmann lovegrass — species · Poaceae

USDA: ERLE
GBIF: 8080622
Rank: species

Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) — Platephotograph · Alex AbairCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

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

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 5 counties across 1 state

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 5 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: Medium
Salinity: Medium
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 8 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 210 min.
Precipitation: 10–30 in/yr
pH range: 5–8.5
Root depth: 10 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Bunch
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Short
Mature height: 2.5 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Moderate
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Late Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 5,375,500
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 5 counties across 1 state.

Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/ERLE ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/8080622 ↗

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