Index / Search / Paspalum dilatatum
§1 Plant
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
vernacular dallisgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Paspalum
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 456 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–6.5
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 281,200
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 456 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Columbia 12023
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Pike 21195
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- 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
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- 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
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Adams 28001
- Alcorn 28003
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Claiborne 28021
- Clay 28025
- DeSoto 28033
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Issaquena 28055
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson 28063
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Neshoba 28099
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 75 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 41 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Knox 47093
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Virginia view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PADI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2705565 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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