Index / Search / Saccharum brevibarbe
§1 Plant
Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers.
vernacular shortbeard plumegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Saccharum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 287 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 6.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Fall
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 287 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Charlton 13049
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Franklin 13119
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lamar 13171
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Putnam 13237
- Rockdale 13247
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Washington 13303
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Camden 37029
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SABR18 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4135980 ↗Record version
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