Index / Search / Eragrostis capillaris
§1 Plant
Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees
vernacular lace grass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Eragrostis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 564 counties across 33 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 564 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Riley 20161
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Pike 21195
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Watauga 37189
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Sequatchie 47153
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERCA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7976546 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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