Index / Search / Chasmanthium laxum
§1 Plant
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates
vernacular slender woodoats — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Chasmanthium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 479 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 85,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 479 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Conecuh 01035
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Brooks 13027
- Calhoun 13037
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crawford 13079
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Fannin 13111
- Floyd 13115
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Mitchell 13205
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Peach 13225
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Thomas 13275
- Upson 13293
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Choctaw 28019
- Copiah 28029
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tippah 28139
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lincoln 47103
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
Texas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Chambers 48071
- Fannin 48147
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Marion 48315
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHLA6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703085 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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