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

       
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Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. vaginiflorus

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

  SPVAI Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. inaequalis Fernald
 

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

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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, 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 var. vaginiflorus

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus, 2 varieties in Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood
 

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

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

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

Sporobolus vaginiflorus
poverty dropseed
poverty grass

The related entities italicized and indented above 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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. vaginiflorus

Sporobolus vaginiflorus:

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 var. vaginiflorus

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 566316.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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