Index / Search / Bothriochloa laguroides
§1 Plant
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter
vernacular silver beardgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Bothriochloa
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 488 counties across 22 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 488 counties across 22 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 22 B ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Nevada 05099
- Randolph 05121
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
California view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 B ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 105 B ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 B ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Madison 22065
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 29 B ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Randolph 29175
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
- Webster 29225
Nebraska view state ↗ 6 B ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 B ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 26 B ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 47 B ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Comanche 40031
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Roger Mills 40129
- Rogers 40131
- Sequoyah 40135
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Texas view state ↗ 150 B ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Armstrong 48011
- Atascosa 48013
- Austin 48015
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Baylor 48023
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brooks 48047
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Collin 48085
- Collingsworth 48087
- Colorado 48089
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- DeWitt 48123
- Donley 48129
- Duval 48131
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Floyd 48153
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Frio 48163
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hill 48217
- Hockley 48219
- Houston 48225
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hunt 48231
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Kendall 48259
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamb 48279
- Lampasas 48281
- Leon 48289
- Lipscomb 48295
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Lynn 48305
- Mason 48319
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Milam 48331
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Polk 48373
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Real 48385
- Red River 48387
- Refugio 48391
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Stephens 48429
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Van Zandt 48467
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Winkler 48495
- Young 48503
- Zapata 48505
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BOLA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704111 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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