Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Eragrostis > Eragrostis spectabilisEragrostis spectabilis (petticoat-climber; purple lovegrass)Synonyms: Eragrostis geyeri; Eragrostis pectinacea; Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis (homotypic); Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta; Eragrostis spectabilis var. spectabilis; Eragrostis velutina; Erochloe spectabilis (homotypic); Megastachya spectabilis (homotypic); Poa amabilis (heterotypic); Poa hirsuta var. spectabilis (homotypic); Poa pectinacea (heterotypic); Poa spectabilis (homotypic); Poa villosa (homotypic) for the 2013 Sara Storer album, see Lovegrass (album) Eragrostis is large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. Eragrostis is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words ερως (eros), meaning "love", and αγρωστις (agrostis), meaning "grass". |
Bloom Period [1] | Spring | Drought Tolerance [1] | High | Fire Tolerance [1] | None | Frost Free Days [1] | 3 months 10 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | High | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Fall | Growth Form [1] | Rhizomatous | Growth Period [1] | Spring | Growth Rate [1] | Moderate | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Propagation [1] | Seed | Regrowth Rate [1] | Slow | Root Depth [1] | 3.937 inches (10 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [1] | Slow | Seed Vigor [1] | High | Seeds Per [1] | 1059098 / lb (2334913 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [1] | Erect | Structure [2] | Grass | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | Moderate |  | Flower Color [1] | Green | Foliage Color [1] | Green | Fruit Color [1] | Yellow |  | Fruit Conspicuous [1] | Yes |  | Height [1] | 12 inches (0.3 m) |  | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°) | Light Preference [1] | Full Sun | Soil Acidity [1] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [1] | Infertile | Water Use [1] | Low |  | Screening - Summer [1] | Porous | Screening - Winter [1] | Porous |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Assateague Island National Seashore |
II |
8621 |
Maryland, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
II |
15448 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
III |
560 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
3161 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve |
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7585 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Homestead National Monument of America |
V |
850 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve |
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306 |
Georgia, United States |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Rock Creek Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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Saratoga National Historical Park |
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New York, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
III |
4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
25823 |
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Habitat Vegetation Classification |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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