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§1 Plant

Leersia lenticularis Michx.

vernacular catchfly grass — species · Poaceae


USDA
LELE2
GBIF
2702908
Rank
species
catchfly grass (Leersia lenticularis)
Platephotograph · Matthew HerronCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Leersia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 296 counties across 21 states/territories
Legend Native · 296 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
200 min.
Precipitation
25–60 in/yr
pH range
5–8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
2.6 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Fall
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Propagation
bare root
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 296 counties across 21 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 2 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N
Florida view state ↗ 10 N
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N
Illinois view state ↗ 47 N
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 52 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N
Missouri view state ↗ 27 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N
Texas view state ↗ 27 N
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 10 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/LELE2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2702908 ↗

Record version

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