Index / Search / Cenchrus longispinus
§1 Plant
Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald
vernacular mat sandbur — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Cenchrus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 957 counties across 46 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 957 counties across 46 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
California view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hendricks 18063
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Boone 19015
- Buena Vista 19021
- Calhoun 19025
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Dallas 19049
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Madison 19121
- Marion 19125
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- Muscatine 19139
- Palo Alto 19147
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 102 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- 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
- 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
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Le Sueur 27079
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Barton 29011
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Hickory 29085
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- New Madrid 29143
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garfield 31071
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Thurston 31173
- Washington 31177
- Wayne 31179
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
North Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Lincoln 40081
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Roger Mills 40129
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
Oregon view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Kershaw 45055
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
South Dakota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bailey 48017
- Briscoe 48045
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Collingsworth 48087
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- Floyd 48153
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- King 48269
- Lamb 48279
- Leon 48289
- Lubbock 48303
- McLennan 48309
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- Sherman 48421
- Tarrant 48439
- Wichita 48485
Utah view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 15 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CELO3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5289731 ↗Record version
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