Index / Search / Saururus cernuus
§1 Plant
Saururus cernuus L.
vernacular lizard's tail — species · Saururaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Saururaceae Rich. ex T. Lestib.
- Genus
- Saururus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 957 counties across 28 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 957 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Covington 01039
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Phillips 05107
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Camden 13039
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Glynn 13127
- Gordon 13129
- Grady 13131
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Newton 13217
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Spalding 13255
- Upson 13293
- Wilkinson 13319
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- 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. 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
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Ottawa 26139
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Quitman 28119
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Cortland 36023
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hardin 39065
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Muskingum 39119
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Union 39159
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Brazos 48041
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Cherokee 48073
- Gonzales 48177
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- 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
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- 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/SACE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384932 ↗Record version
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