Digitaria serotina
Digitaria serotina
Native status unresolved in Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 24%
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to moist
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
County records are not available.
Who uses this plant?
25CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA
Genus host records with ranges including LA · Digitaria
- Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
- Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
- Atalopedes huronSachem
- 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
- Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
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- 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
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
17BirdsRecorded eating Digitaria in Louisiana
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Louisiana, most records first.
- Wild TurkeySeeds. 17 diet records
- Northern Bobwhite5 diet records
- Chipping SparrowSeeds. 4 diet records
- SoraSeeds. 4 diet records
- Field SparrowSeeds. 3 diet records
- Brown-headed Cowbird2 diet records
- Red-winged Blackbird2 diet records
- American Pipit2 diet records
- Bachman's SparrowSeeds. 2 diet records
- Lapland Longspur2 diet records
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- Bell's Vireo1 diet record
- Common Grackle1 diet record
- European Starling1 diet record
- Northern CardinalSeeds. 1 diet record
- Rock Pigeon1 diet record
- Smith's Longspur1 diet record
- Song SparrowSeeds. 1 diet record
Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
Birds that eat Digitaria 17
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Plant details
- Family
- POACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Louisiana rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| LA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Louisiana occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications