PLANTS Profile for Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)

PLANTS Profile

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
sorghum

Symbol:

SOBI2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I
CAN		I


Other common names:
	grain sorghum
	sorgo forrajero
	durra

Photograph of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory.

More Information:

Characteristics Report
Classification Report
Data Source and Documentation
Large Photograph
High-resolution Photograph in JPEG Format

Distribution by State:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Distributional Map for Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench distribution:
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)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY

Related Taxa:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

341 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Sorghum

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

Classification:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench


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.

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.

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.
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.
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.

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

FACU*

UPL*

FACU

FAC*

NI*

FACU-

Sorghum verticilliflorum [=SOBIA]:

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.

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42108.

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