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Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth
seashore dropseed

       
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Line Drawing of Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 197. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

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Synonyms:
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

  AGVI8 Agrostis virginica L.
 

Distribution:
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

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USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus
 

Classification:
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Sporobolus R. Br. – dropseed
Species Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth – seashore dropseed
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW+ FACW+ FACW+ NO NO NO FACW+ NO NO NO NO NO FACW FAC*
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More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42127.

 
 
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