Index / Search / Imperata cylindrica
§1 Plant
Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv.
vernacular cogongrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Imperata
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 68 counties across 6 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 68 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Sunflower 28133
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
- Yazoo 28163
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/IMCY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8424006 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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