Short Bearded Plume Grass; Short Beard Plume Grass; Shortbearded Plume Grass; Shortbeard Plume Grass; Short Bearded Plumegrass; Short Beard Plumegrass; Shortbearded Plumegrass; Shortbeard Plumegrass

Erianthus brevibarbis

Native status unresolved in South Carolina

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

28CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Saccharum

Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm
Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
Anatrytone loganDelaware Skipper, Logan Skipper, Black-Vein Skipper
Atrytone byssusByssus Skipper, Golden Skipper
Calpodes ethliusBrazilian Skipper, Canna Skipper, Canna Leafroller
Diatraea crambidoidesSouthern Cornstalk Borer
Elaphria chalcedoniaChalcedony Midget
Elaphria festivoidesSouthern Festive Midget
Elaphria nucicoloraSugarcane Midget, Sugarcane Moth

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Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
Lerema acciusClouded Skipper, Corn Leaf tier
Lerodea eufalaEufala Skipper, Gray Skipper, Rice Leafroller
Leucania multilineaMany-Lined Wainscot
Leucania subpunctataWhite-Dotted Wainscot, Forage Armyworm
Meropleon cosmionComely Brocade
Mocis disseveransYellow Mocis
Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Panoquina ocolaOcola Skipper, Long-Winged Skiiper
Polites othoSouthern Broken-Dash, Broken-Dash Skipper
Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Vernia vernaLittle Glassywing

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.

Conservation status

South Carolina rank	Not available
Global rank	G3G5
SC status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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