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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

15
Modest

Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 82%

Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to moist
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At a glance

Bloom
April to August

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 71 Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

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

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

1CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Aegilops

  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

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

Virginia rankSNA
Global rankG5
VA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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