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Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood
poverty dropseed

       
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Line Drawing of Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 194. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

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Distribution:
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. ozarkanus (Fernald) Shinners. .
Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus
Ozark dropseed
Distribution of Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. vaginiflorus. .
Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. vaginiflorus
poverty dropseed
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

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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 vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood – poverty dropseed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

poverty dropseed
poverty 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.

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

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,FACU UPL UPL UPL UPL FACU NI NI NO NO NI* NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42126.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
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