Index / Search / Panicum virgatum var. virgatum
§1 Plant
Panicum virgatum L. var. virgatum
vernacular switchgrass — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Panicum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 417 counties across 17 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 417 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Craighead 05031
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Monroe 05095
- Perry 05105
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Catoosa 13047
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Cobb 13067
- Colquitt 13071
- Cook 13075
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Douglas 13097
- Fulton 13121
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Rabun 13241
- Rockdale 13247
- Spalding 13255
- Talbot 13263
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Toombs 13279
- Upson 13293
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Boone 21015
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Carroll 28015
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jones 28067
- Lamar 28073
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Washington 28151
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Montana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PAVIV ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2705081 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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