PLANTS Profile for Sporobolus neglectus (puffsheath dropseed)

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Sporobolus neglectus Nash
puffsheath dropseed

Symbol:

SPNE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sporobolus neglectus Nash

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 195. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sporobolus neglectus Nash

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Synonyms:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash

SPVAN

Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. neglectus (Nash) Scribn.

Distribution:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus

Classification:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash

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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 neglectus Nash – puffsheath dropseed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash

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 protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
small dropseed		Special Concern
Maine:
small dropseed		Possibly Extirpated
Maryland:
small rushgrass		Endangered, Extirpated
Massachusetts:
small dropseed		Endangered
New Hampshire:
small drop-seed		Endangered
New Jersey:
small rush-grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU-

FACU-*

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus neglectus Nash

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 42145.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 10:25 PM MDT