Index / Search / Aristida longespica
§1 Plant
Aristida longespica Poir.
vernacular slimspike threeawn — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Aristida
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 648 counties across 31 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 648 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Craighead 05031
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bell 21013
- Calloway 21035
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Lawrence 21127
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Cooper 29053
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Scotland 29199
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Lenoir 37107
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Clinton 39027
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Licking 39089
- Meigs 39105
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Pike 39131
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Trumbull 39155
- Vinton 39163
Oklahoma view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Carroll 47017
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Atascosa 48013
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Bosque 48035
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Comal 48091
- Dallas 48113
- DeWitt 48123
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamar 48277
- Lampasas 48281
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Matagorda 48321
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Milam 48331
- Montague 48337
- Montgomery 48339
- Newton 48351
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Parker 48367
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Willacy 48489
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Louisa 51109
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARLO16 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6431764 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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