Goat Grass

Aegilops cylindrica

In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in fields, pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 65%

Light: Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

Aegilops cylindrica — fruit photograph — no rights reserved · CC0 · Original photograph

At a glance

Bloom: April to August

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 5 Alabama counties.

Habitats

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

1CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Aegilops

Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Poaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “April to August” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Acer campestre; Agastache rugosa; Cajanus scarabaeoides; Claytonia rubra subsp. rubra; Corydalis orthopoda; Crataegus scabrida var. asperifolia; Dichanthelium helleri; Dichanthelium inflatum; Dichanthelium mutabile; Epilobium parviflorum; Equisetum laevigatum; Euphorbia hypericifolia; Euphorbia myrsinites; Euphrasia stricta var. stricta; Gamochaeta antillana; Hedera hibernica; Isolepis setacea; Lythrum portula; Monarda reedii; Not in RAB; Persicaria filiformis; Persicaria posumbu; Petasites japonicus; Phlox derelicta; Pleioblastus fortunei; Poa iconia var. iconia; Prunus glandulosa; Pycnanthemum monotrichum; Sabulina diffusa; Spiranthes bightensis; Styrax japonicus; Symphyotrichum schistosum; Tephrosia purpurea; Tilia cordata; Vachellia constricta; Valerianella woodsiana; Veronica sublobata; Viola imposter; Viola stoneana

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	G5
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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