Index / Search / Setaria viridis
§1 Plant
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv.
vernacular green bristlegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Setaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 470 counties across 23 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 470 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Desha 05041
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Newton 05101
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 55 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 74 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SEVI4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5289684 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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