PLANTS Profile for Sorghum almum (Columbus grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Sorghum almum Parodi
Columbus grass

Symbol:

SOAL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Sorghum almum Parodi

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Distribution:
Sorghum almum Parodi


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, IL, LA, MS, OR, TX, WI)

Related Taxa:
Sorghum almum Parodi

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Sorghum

Classification:
Sorghum almum Parodi

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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	Sorghum Moench – sorghum
Species	Sorghum almum Parodi – Columbus grass

Noxious Weed Information:
Sorghum almum Parodi

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Illinois:
Columbus grass		Noxious weed
Indiana:
Columbus grass		Noxious weed
Nevada:
Columbus grass		Noxious weed
Utah:
perennial sorghum		Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Sorghum almum Parodi

Columbus grass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Sorghum almum Parodi

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Sorghum almum Parodi

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565531.

Related Web Sites:
Sorghum almum Parodi

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

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