Pangolagrass

Digitaria eriantha

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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

Recorded in 29 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

27CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Digitaria

Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
Atalopedes huronSachem
Cymaenes tripunctusThree-Spotted Skipper
Dargida rubripennisThe Pink-Streak
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Fissicrambus mutabilisStriped Webworm, Striped Sodworm, Changeable Grass-Veneer
Hedone vibexWhirlabout
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Hesperia attalusDotted Skipper

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Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Leucania subpunctataWhite-Dotted Wainscot, Forage Armyworm
Lon zabulonZabulon Skipper
Maliattha synochitisBlack-Dotted Lithacodia, Black-Dotted Glyph, Brass-Dotted Grass Moth
Marimatha nigrofimbriaBlack-Bordered Lemon
Marimatha tripunctaThree-Spotted Lemon
Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
Mocis texanaTexas Mocis
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Polites othoSouthern Broken-Dash, Broken-Dash Skipper
Polites themistoclesTawny-Edged Skipper
Protodeltote muscosulaLarge Mossy Lithacodia, Large Mossy Glyph, Large Mossy Grass Moth
Redectis vitreaWhite-Spotted Redactis
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

21BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Digitaria

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Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

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