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§1 Plant
Uniola paniculata L.
vernacular seaoats — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Uniola
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 67 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 4,500
- Propagation
- container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 67 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Charlotte 12015
- Collier 12021
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Indian River 12061
- Lee 12071
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/UNPA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702847 ↗Record version
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