Index / Search / Hierochloe hirta
§1 Plant
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás
vernacular northern sweetgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Hierochloe
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 270 counties across 18 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 270 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- LaMoure 38045
- McHenry 38049
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HIHI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703346 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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