Index / Search / Leersia lenticularis
§1 Plant
Leersia lenticularis Michx.
vernacular catchfly grass — species · Poaceae
§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§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 ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
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 ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Bates 29013
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Chariton 29041
- Dunklin 29069
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Mississippi 29133
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pike 29163
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
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 ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Freestone 48161
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harrison 48203
- Henderson 48213
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamar 48277
- Liberty 48291
- Marion 48315
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Trinity 48455
- Upshur 48459
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 11 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
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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