Index / Search / Leersia virginica
§1 Plant
Leersia virginica Willd.
vernacular whitegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Leersia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 966 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–8.5
- Root depth
- 4 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3.9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 966 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Conway 05029
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Citrus 12017
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Benton 18007
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Audubon 19009
- Boone 19015
- Cass 19029
- Cherokee 19035
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Dallas 19049
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Fremont 19071
- Greene 19073
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Humboldt 19091
- Kossuth 19109
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Marion 19125
- Mitchell 19131
- Monona 19133
- Page 19145
- Palo Alto 19147
- Sac 19161
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Warren 19181
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- 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. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carver 27019
- Chisago 27025
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Kanabec 27065
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Bolivar 28011
- Choctaw 28019
- Coahoma 28027
- Franklin 28037
- Hinds 28049
- Jasper 28061
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Clarendon 45027
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hancock 47067
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 92 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEVI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7325335 ↗Record version
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