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§1 Plant

Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.

vernacular spike trisetum — species · Poaceae

USDA
TRSP2
GBIF
10720384 syn.
Rank
species
spike trisetum (Trisetum spicatum)
Platephotograph · Jim MorefieldCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Trisetum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 262 counties across 23 states/territories
Legend Native · 262 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
12–50 in/yr
pH range
4.9–7.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
1.9 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Indeterminate
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
2,500,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 262 counties across 23 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 16 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TRSP2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/10720384 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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