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§1 Plant
Melica mutica Walter
vernacular twoflower melicgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Melica
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 442 counties across 19 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 442 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Clay 01027
- Colbert 01033
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marshall 01095
- Randolph 01111
- Shelby 01117
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Bartow 13015
- Burke 13033
- Catoosa 13047
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Gordon 13129
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Polk 13233
- Putnam 13237
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Talbot 13263
- Taylor 13269
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Cook 17031
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Christian 21047
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEMU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703127 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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