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§1 Plant
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash
vernacular slender Indiangrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Sorghastrum
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 157 counties across 9 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 157 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesterfield 51041
- Gloucester 51073
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOEL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704418 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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