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§1 Plant
Sorghastrum elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash
vernacular slender Indiangrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Sorghastrum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 230 counties across 13 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 230 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Edgefield 45037
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Fannin 48147
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Panola 48365
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesterfield 51041
- Gloucester 51073
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOEL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704418 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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