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§1 Plant

Anthaenantia villosa (Michx.) P. Beauv.

vernacular green silkyscale — species · Poaceae


USDA
ANVI4
GBIF
4135625 syn.
Rank
species
green silkyscale (Anthaenantia villosa)
Platephotograph · Jay HornCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 101 counties across 8 states/territories
Legend Native · 101 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 101 counties across 8 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 3 N
Florida view state ↗ 26 N
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 15 N
Texas view state ↗ 10 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/ANVI4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/4135625 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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