Index / Search / Sclerochloa dura
§1 Plant
Sclerochloa dura (L.) P. Beauv.
vernacular common hardgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Sclerochloa
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 212 counties across 26 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 212 counties across 26 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Adams 18001
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Franklin 18047
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Henry 18065
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Lenawee 26091
- Montcalm 26117
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Osceola 26133
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 60 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Coshocton 39031
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Pike 39131
- Preble 39135
- Richland 39139
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCDU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704841 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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