Pinebarrens Peanut-grass

Amphicarpum amphicarpon

Found in wet, peaty, open soils, especially peat-burns in pocosin edges, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain, responding strongly to fire. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

Modest

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

Profile 76%

Height: Up to about 32 inches
Light: Full sun
Soil moisture: Usually moist

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Amphicarpum amphicarpon — whole photograph — (c) Bonnie Semmling, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle: Annual
Bloom: August to October

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 4 Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

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

Dense low pocosin. Shown: Shaken Creek Preserve, Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Dense low pocosin, Robert Thornhill, undated. CC BY 4.0. Source record.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

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
Hardiness: Zones 3b–11b
Flower color: Brown/copper or green

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “August to October” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Flower color · “Brown/copper or green” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
Hardiness · “Zones 3b–11b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “Up to about 32 inches” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Annual” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil · “Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Amphicarpum purshii; Pinebarrens Peanut grass

Conservation status

Virginia rank	S1
Global rank	G3G4
VA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Pinebarrens Peanut-grass

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