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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
sorghum

       
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Photo of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

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Distribution:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

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Distribution Map Legend

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, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, 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, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Sorghum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Harlan. . Image Available.
Sorghum bicolor ssp. arundinaceum
common wild sorghum
Distribution of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. bicolor. . Image Available.
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor
grain sorghum
Distribution of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan. . Image Available.
Sorghum bicolor ssp. drummondii
Sudangrass
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

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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 bicolor (L.) Moench – sorghum
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

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.

Indiana:
shattercane              Noxious weed
Iowa:
shattercane              Secondary noxious weed1
Maryland:
shatter cane, wild cane              Noxious weed
Nevada:
perennial sweet Sudan              Noxious weed
Ohio:
shatter cane              Prohibited noxious weed
Pennsylvania:
shattercane              Noxious weed
 
1 not a noxious weed when cultivated
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

black amber
chicken corn
shattercane
sorghum
wild cane

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.
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.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

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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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

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
UPL,FAC UPL FACU UPL NI NO FACU* UPL* FACU NO FAC* NO NI* FACU-

Sorghum verticilliflorum [=SOBIA]:

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 NO FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

  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
Gee Minor              
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Ardmore.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 42108.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

APS Net-Diseases of Sorghum

BioMatNet

FAO-Animal Feed Resources Information System

HI-Plants of Hawaii (HEAR)

IA-Grasses of Iowa

IN-Center for New Crops and Plants Products

MO-Missouri Plants

NE-University of Nebraska Weed Publications

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

OH-Ohio State University Seed Biology

SorghumDB-A Sorghum Bicolor Genome Database

UK-Plants For A Future

Weed Science Society of America

 
 
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