PLANTS Profile for Sporobolus junceus (pineywoods dropseed)

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Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth
pineywoods dropseed

Symbol:

SPJU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Synonyms:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth

SPGR4

Sporobolus gracilis (Trin.) Merr.

Distribution:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus

Classification:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) 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 junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth – pineywoods dropseed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth

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.

Arkansas:
pineywoods dropseed		Threatened
Tennessee:
pinelands dropseed		Special Concern

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth

	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							Minor

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:
Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42142.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 01:16 PM MST