Index / Search / Eriochloa polystachya
§1 Plant
Eriochloa polystachya Kunth
vernacular Caribgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Eriochloa
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 6 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 311 min.
- Precipitation
- 48–100 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–6.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sod
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 6 counties across 2 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERPO3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10788355 ↗Record version
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