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§1 Plant

Paspalum denticulatum Trin.

vernacular longtom — species · Poaceae


USDA
PADE24
GBIF
4112457
Rank
species
longtom (Paspalum denticulatum)
Platephotograph · Anne source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 44 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 44 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
12 °F minimum
Frost-free days
240 min.
Precipitation
30–50 in/yr
pH range
5.6–6.9
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Stoloniferous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
8,254,000
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Contracting Only
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 44 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/PADE24 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/4112457 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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