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General Information | |
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Symbol: | SOHA |
Group: | Monocot |
Family: | Poaceae |
Duration: |
Perennial |
Growth Habit: |
Graminoid |
Native Status: |
CAN I HI I L48 I PB I PR I |
Characteristics | |
Data Source and Documentation |
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Synonyms
Symbol | Scientific Name |
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HOHA | Holcus halepensis L. |
SOMI10 | Sorghum miliaceum (Roxb.) Snowden |
Classification
Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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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 ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family |
Genus | Sorghum Moench – sorghum |
Species | Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. – Johnsongrass |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
Noxious Weed Information | |
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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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds. | |
Arkansas
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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California
johnsongrass
C list (noxious weeds)
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Colorado
johnsongrass
C list (noxious weeds)
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Delaware
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Idaho
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Illinois
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Indiana
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Kansas
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Kentucky
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Maryland
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Missouri
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Nevada
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Ohio
johnsongrass
Prohibited noxious weed
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Oregon
johnsongrass
"B" designated weed
johnsongrass
Quarantine
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Pennsylvania
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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South Dakota
johnsongrass
Regulated non-native plant species
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Utah
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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Washington
johnsongrass
Class A noxious weed
johnsongrass
Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
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West Virginia
johnsongrass
Noxious weed
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U.S. Weed Information | |
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Sorghum halepense
Johnsongrass
aleppo milletgrass
herbe de Cuba
sorgho d'Alep
sorgo de alepo
zacate Johnson
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.
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STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
KY | Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. |
N'EAST | Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. |
NE&GP | Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
SEEPPC | Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. |
SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
WSWS | Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. |
Wetland Status
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Wildlife
Food
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Miller | Moderate | Low |
Cover
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Sources
Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society. |
Description of Values
Value Class | Food | Cover |
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High | Average 25-50% of diet | Regular source of cover |
Low | 5-10% of diet | Infrequently used as cover |
Minor | 2-5% of diet | Sparsely used as cover |
Moderate | Average 10-25% of diet | Occasional source of cover |