PLANTS Profile for Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed)

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Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray
prairie dropseed

Symbol:

SPHE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, MO, Saint Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden. October 14, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, CO, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, VA, WI, WY), CAN (MB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Sporobolus

Classification:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) 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 heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray – prairie dropseed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) 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:
northern dropseed		Endangered
Kentucky:
northern dropseed		Endangered
Maryland:
northern dropseed		Endangered
New York:
northern dropseed		Threatened
North Carolina:
prairie dropseed		Endangered
Ohio:
prairie dropseed		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
prairie dropseed		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray

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

FACU-

UPL

FACU

UPL

FACU*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray

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

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 42119.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

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