Pitted Beard Grass

Bothriochloa pertusa

Found in disturbed areas, especially over calcareous substrates (like roadsides, pastures, and disturbed prairies of the Black Belt). Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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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 15 Mississippi counties.

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Ecological relationships

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Bothriochloa

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

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

Growing and identification

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