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Digitaria gracillima (Scribn.) Fernald
Longleaf Crabgrass

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida; central Florida and one record from Miami-Dade County.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Not reported in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002), but now ranked as presumed extirpated based on a single specimen collected in 1907 by M.A. Chase (3897 US) from "Border of Everglades, West of Miami."

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Other data on Digitaria gracillima available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Digitaria gracillima has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Digitaria gracillima has been found in the following habitat :
Pine Rockland