Index / Search / Paspalum laeve
§1 Plant
Paspalum laeve Michx.
vernacular field paspalum — species · Poaceae
§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
· 730 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 38–59 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 4 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 287,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 730 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Berrien 13019
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Forsyth 13117
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Paulding 13223
- Rabun 13241
- Thomas 13275
- Toombs 13279
Illinois view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Ripley 18137
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- White 18181
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Galveston 48167
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Panola 48365
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- Shelby 48419
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Waller 48473
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- 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
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- 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
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PALA10 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2705589 ↗Record version
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