PLANTS Profile for Sorghum halepense (Johnsongrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
Johnsongrass

Symbol:

SOHA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I

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©James Henson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Southern University. July 25, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

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Synonyms:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

	HOHA	Holcus halepensis L.
	SOMI10	Sorghum miliaceum (Roxb.) Snowden

Distribution:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Sorghum

Classification:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 halepense (L.) Pers. – Johnsongrass

Noxious Weed Information:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

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.

Arkansas:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
California:
johnsongrass		C list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
johnsongrass		C list (noxious weeds)
Delaware:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Idaho:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Illinois:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Indiana:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Kansas:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Kentucky:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Maryland:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Missouri:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Nevada:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Ohio:
johnsongrass		Prohibited noxious weed
Oregon:
johnsongrass		"B" designated weed
johnsongrass		Quarantine
Pennsylvania:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
South Dakota:
johnsongrass		Regulated non-native plant species
Utah:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed
Washington:
johnsongrass		Class A noxious weed
johnsongrass		Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
West Virginia:
johnsongrass		Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Johnsongrass
aleppo milletgrass
herbe de Cuba
sorgho d'Alep
sorgo de alepo
zacate Johnson

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.
KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FAC

FACU

FACU+

FACU

FAC

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Moderate						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 42111.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Arizona: abstract & image of Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense)

Australia Northern Territories AgNote

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

IL-Vegetation Management Guidelines (Nature Preserve Commission)

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

KS-Noxious Weeds in Kansas

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

New Zealand Environment Bay of Plenty: abstract & images

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

UT-Unwanted Weeds-Utah Department of Transportation

UT-Utah's 17 Most Noxious Weeds

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

Weed Science Society of America

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