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§1 Plant
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper
vernacular threeflower 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
· 270 counties across 21 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 270 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Hickory 29085
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Austin 48015
- Bandera 48019
- Bexar 48029
- Brewster 48043
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Denton 48121
- Edwards 48137
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Grayson 48181
- Hamilton 48193
- Howard 48227
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Karnes 48255
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Mason 48319
- Medina 48325
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- San Saba 48411
- Sutton 48435
- Taylor 48441
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Williamson 48491
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MENI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703105 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z