Dichanthium aristatum (Poir.) C.E. Hubbard

vernacular Angleton bluestem — species · Poaceae

USDA: DIAR5
GBIF: 2702445
Rank: species

Angleton bluestem (Dichanthium aristatum) — Platephotograph · naturalistchu source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae Barnhart
Genus: Dichanthium

§2a

Native status, by region

HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
PR Puerto Rico Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 26 counties across 4 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 26 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Low
Shade: High
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: High
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: Low
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 22 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 120 min.
Precipitation: 24–60 in/yr
pH range: 5.5–7
Root depth: 18 in min.
Fertility need: High
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Colonizing
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 3 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Moderate
Porosity (winter): Moderate
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Black
Fire resistant: Yes
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Late Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 1,400,000
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Medium
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Medium
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 26 counties across 4 states/territories.

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/DIAR5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2702445 ↗

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