PLANTS Profile for Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed)

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Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
sand dropseed

Symbol:

SPCR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

	AGCR2	Agrostis cryptandra Torr.
	SPCRF	Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray ssp. fuscicola (Hook.) E.K. Jones & Fassett
	SPCRF2	Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray var. fuscicola (Hook.) Pohl
	SPCRO	Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray var. occidentalis E.K. Jones & Fassett

Distribution:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray


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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, 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, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus

Classification:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

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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 cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray – sand dropseed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

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.

Connecticut:
sand dropseed		Endangered
New Hampshire:
sand drop-seed		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
sand dropseed		Rare

U.S. Weed Information:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

sand dropseed

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.

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. 589pp.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

UPL*

UPL

FACU-

FACU

FACU-

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map 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 42132.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

View 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 02/10/2009 04:24 PM MST