Index / Search / Hesperostipa spartea
§1 Plant
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth
vernacular porcupinegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Hesperostipa
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 421 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 18–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 150,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 421 counties across 17 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Putnam 17155
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allamakee 19005
- Buena Vista 19021
- Calhoun 19025
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Cerro Gordo 19033
- Cherokee 19035
- Clarke 19039
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Decatur 19053
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Guthrie 19077
- Hamilton 19079
- Harrison 19085
- Howard 19089
- Humboldt 19091
- Ida 19093
- Iowa 19095
- Jackson 19097
- Kossuth 19109
- Lucas 19117
- Lyon 19119
- Monona 19133
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Palo Alto 19147
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Sac 19161
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Webster 19187
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Montgomery 20125
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Michigan view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Benton 29015
- Caldwell 29025
- Cass 29037
- DeKalb 29063
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Holt 29087
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Macon 29121
- Mercer 29129
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Pike 29163
- Schuyler 29197
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- Sullivan 29211
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Brown 31017
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Gage 31067
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Johnson 31097
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Madison 31119
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pierce 31139
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sherman 31163
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Davison 46035
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Edmunds 46045
- Fall River 46047
- Grant 46051
- Hanson 46061
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
Wisconsin view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Outagamie 55087
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HESP11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702495 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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