Asian crabgrass vs Jamaican crabgrass

Digitaria bicornis compared with Digitaria horizontalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian crabgrass	Jamaican crabgrass
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Poales (Grasses)	Poales (Grasses)
Family same	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus same	Digitaria	Digitaria
Species	Digitaria bicornis	Digitaria horizontalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Asian crabgrass and Jamaican crabgrass share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Digitaria.

View Genus: Digitaria

Conservation Status

Asian crabgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican crabgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian crabgrass	Jamaican crabgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian crabgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Senegal), Asia (Timor-Leste), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Jamaican crabgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Georgia), Europe (Norway), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Samoa, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Asian crabgrass

The Asian crabgrass (Digitaria bicornis) is a species in the genus Digitaria. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Senegal), Asia (Timor-Leste), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).