PLANTS Profile for Sporobolus contractus (spike dropseed)

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Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.
spike dropseed

Symbol:

SPCO4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

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Synonyms:
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

SPCRS

Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray var. strictus Scribn.

Distribution:
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.


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Related Taxa:
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus

Classification:
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

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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 contractus Hitchc. – spike dropseed

More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 42131.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:54 PM CST