PLANTS Profile for Sporobolus pyramidatus (Madagascar dropseed)

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Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
Madagascar dropseed

Symbol:

SPPY2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N

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Line Drawing of Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

Sporobolus argutus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 198. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

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Synonyms:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

AGPY	Agrostis pyramidata Lam.
SPAR3	Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth
SPCO17	Sporobolus coromandelianus auct. non (Retz.) Kunth	Madagascar dropseed
SPPA6	Sporobolus patens auct. non Swallen
SPPU2	Sporobolus pulvinatus Swallen

Distribution:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, FL, HI, IL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NE, NM, NY, OK, PA, TX, UT), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus

Classification:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) 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 pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc. – Madagascar dropseed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

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 protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
whorled dropseed		Threatened

Introduced Information:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

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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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 pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

UPL,FACW

UPL*

FAC

UPL

FAC

FACU-

FACW

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More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 06:59 AM CDT