Eragrostis hirsuta

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
Common Name:Big Top Lovegrass
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Big Top Lovegrass is a native perennial in the grass family. It can be found throughout Alabama. Big Top Lovegrass grows in sandy pine or pine-oak woodlands, in scrub oak forests, and in disturbed areas. It is a cespitose warn season bunchgrass with fibrous roots. The bases are hardened but lack rhizomes or stolons. The culms are 1-3 feet in height and glabrous. Leaves are linear-lanceolate in outline, flat or slightly involute, and glabrous or with scattered hairs near the base. The leaf sheaths are pubescent with papillose based hairs. Flowers are produced in open terminal panicles. The large panicles can be up to 2/3 to 3/4 the total height of the plant. The small spikelets have 2-6 florets, and are lanceolate in outline and are green or purplish in color. The fruit is a grain. The large panicles of Big Top Lovegrass easily detach and are blown along by the wind, similar in action to tumbleweeds. They often get trapped in large numbers against fences or shrubs. Big Top Lovegrass is occasionally available from native seed companies. It can be used in wildflower meadows and prairies.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACU (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Eragrostis
Species Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees - Big Top Lovegrass

Citation

Citation Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1): 508. 1829.
Basionym: Poa hirsuta Michx. 1803.
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: US(fragm)).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Eragrostis hirsuta var. laevivaginata Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees von Esenbeck, var. laevivaginata Fernald, Rhodora 41: 500. 1939. VIRGINIA: Southampton Co.: Bottomland of Meherrin River, near Haley's Bridge, s.d., Fernald & Long 9273 (holotype: GH; isotype: PH).
Eragrostis sporoboloides Eragrostis sporoboloides J. G. Smith & Bush, Annual Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 6: 116, pl. 54. 1895. OKLAHOMA: Creek Co.: Sapulpa, s.d., Bush 766 (holotype: MO).
Poa hirsuta Poa hirsuta Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 68. 1803. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: US(fragm)).
Poa simplex Poa simplex Walter, Fl. Carol. 79. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1950 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU101546 Blount 12 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1752		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101549 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
291		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00058882 Blount 23 Oct 1999 Kral, Robert
89001		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0034116 Marion 06 Sep 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14426		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017210 Choctaw 24 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1137		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101553 DeKalb 01 Sep 1982 Black, Randall
 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000041316 Escambia 26 Jul 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5693		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00048861 Lamar 06 Oct 1987 McDaniel, Sidney
29577		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0018221 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5179		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00059503 Shelby 07 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11560		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000045270 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
140		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0039258 Butler 15 Sep 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28487		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00050364 Randolph 21 Sep 1985 Nixon, Christopher F.
1377		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017266 Shelby 26 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
422		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017229 Pike 17 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9940		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00054239 Blount 12 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1752		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017264 Pike 22 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9950		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101555 Etowah 04 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3512		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000041925 Montgomery 05 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25593		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101566 Marshall 25 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3154		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017216 Lee 3 Oct 1956 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000038215 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1179		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101560 Jefferson 12 Oct 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1231		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
SAMF0008213 Pike 15 Sep 2003 Diamond. Alvin R.
14155		 SAMF
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0018222 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5225		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0057405 Bibb 02 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11576		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101552 Cullman 12 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
618		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0012505 Clarke 25 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13661		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017227 Pike 15 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14155		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00004042 Tuscaloosa 26 Jul 1957 Deason, Temd R.
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101556 Etowah 03 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3466		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
ALNHS00000728 Monroe 24 Aug 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-358		 ALNHS
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101558 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10049		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017218 Lee 3 Oct 1954 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000012188 Crenshaw 11 Oct 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11452		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101559 Jefferson 07 Sep 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1069		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00059286 Calhoun 31 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11511		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0018240 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5143		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0057403 Bibb 02 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11574		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000049414 Butler 15 Sep 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28487		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0030038 Morgan 22 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5671		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000012181 Dale 29 Aug 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
307		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0010524 Pike 17 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22640		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017209 Autauga 7 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1182		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00004062 Sumter 12 Sep 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
1194		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017213 Crenshaw 22 Sep 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10532		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101554 Etowah 05 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
4000		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000051673 Morgan 9 swp12 England, J. Kevin
3921		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00004019 Mobile _ Sep 1889 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017220 Lee 25 Sep 1962 Rogers, Ken E.
 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000012187 Coffee 04 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
241		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101561 Jefferson 12 Oct 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1231		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000012191 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18212		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017215 Henry 24 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9977		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0019869 Morgan 12 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86791		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000042825 Houston 03 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26783		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101550 Clay 02 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4869		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0039068 Bullock 30 Sep 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3556		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU145287 Calhoun 30 Oct 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
1206		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0037312 Lee 16 Sep 2016 Taylor, Chris T.
s.n.		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00001195 Autauga 07 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1182		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017222 Lee 24 Sep 1971 Landers, Susan
005		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000012192 Pike 15 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14155		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0050142 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1393		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
SAMF0006946 Montgomery 05 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25593		 SAMF
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00068992 Cherokee 26 Sep 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
234		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0016949 Morgan 09 Sep 2012 England, J. Kevin
3921		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00055878 Tuscaloosa 17 Nov 1974 Hoener, Fred K.
1191		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000049554 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1393		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0031984 Houston 03 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26783		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101564 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Threlkeld, Steven J.
68		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000038167 Morgan 22 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5671		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000027230 Randolph 21 Sep 1985 Nixon, Christopher F.
1377		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017265 Randolph 21 Sep 1986 Nixon, C.F.
3062		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000027228 Calhoun 31 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11511		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017223 Lee 24 Sep 1971 Hudson, Mary
009		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101569 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9435		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000012189 Dale 17 Sep 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
157		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017217 Lee 1923 Anonymous
 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00004643 Tuscaloosa 13 Jul 1950 Williams, B.C.
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0017666 Montgomery 05 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25593		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000027229 Shelby 07 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11560		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101548 Calhoun 26 Sep 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1287		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000010399 Pike 24 Sep 1995 Holmes, Jeanese
52		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017214 Dale 26 Oct 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7800		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00060847 Pike 15 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14155		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000044449 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5179		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017226 Perry 12 Nov 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8958		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101565 Marshall 27 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1017		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0045250 Bullock 17 Aug 2018 Soehren, Eric C.
575		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0016724 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1179		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017267 Tallapoosa 12 Aug 1974 Hutto, T.A.
484		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101545 Bibb 25 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12584		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017219 Lee 20 Sep 1958 Banks, Donald J.
 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
ALNHS00007904 Calhoun 20 Oct 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5906		 ALNHS
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UWAL0050399 Escambia 26 Jul 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5693		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101568 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18585		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000012182 Dale 02 Sep 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
339		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017228 Pike 26 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5559		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
UNA00055883 Tuscaloosa 07 Sep 1974 Hoener, Fred K.
1112		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000044450 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5225		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0008984 Marengo 01 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1252		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101563 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Threlkeld, Steven J.
62		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017221 Lee 27 Sep 1971 Boone, Allison
49		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101557 Jackson 31 Oct 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1549		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017268 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1271		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000049974 Lee 10 Sep 1997 Miller, James H.
s.n.		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017211 Conecuh 23 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9960		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101567 Marshall 09 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
834		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000010414 Pike 19 Nov 1999 Hall, James A.
89		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UNA00004077 Tuscaloosa 14 Oct _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017224 Lee 7 Oct 1962 Rogers, Ken E.
 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
TROY000012177 Coffee 14 Nov 1999 Martin, Brian H.
357		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
JSU101562 Jefferson 12 Oct 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1231		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000033237 Barbour 01 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
179		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
AUA000017212 Conecuh 26 Nov 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3787		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101547 Calhoun 11 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4333		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
TROY000044074 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5143		 TROY
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
AUA000017225 Perry 1 Oct 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8854		 AUA
Eragrostis Hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
JSU101551 Clay 04 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5197		 JSU
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
UWAL0046598 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
140		 UWAL
Eragrostis hirsuta (Michaux) Nees
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