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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

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

· 2 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 2 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 2 counties across 2 states/territories.

Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾

Phillips 30071

Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾

Newport 44005

§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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