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§1 Plant

Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. fascicularis (Lam.) N. Snow

vernacular bearded sprangletop — subspecies · Poaceae

USDA
LEFUF
GBIF
8257546 syn.
Rank
subspecies
bearded sprangletop (Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Leptochloa
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 504 counties across 44 states/territories
Legend Native · 504 Introduced · 0 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
High
Fire
None
Salinity
High
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
15–65 in/yr
pH range
4–7.5
Root depth
4 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
3.3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Yellow
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
538,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 504 counties across 44 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
California view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 38 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 59 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 2 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/LEFUF ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/8257546 ↗

Record version

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