Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Sporobolus - [maps | photos]

• Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth var. asper
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: dropseed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. var. compositus

• Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth var. drummondii (Trin.) Vasey
  Common Name: Drummond's dropseed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. var. drummondii (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi

• Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc.
  Common Name: rough dropseed

• Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: sand dropseed

• Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Prairie dropseed

• Sporobolus indicus * (L.) R. Br.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: smut grass

• Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: pineywoods dropseed

• Sporobolus neglectus Nash
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: puffsheath dropseed

• Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Wood var. ozarkanus (Fernald) Shinners
  Common Name: Ozark dropseed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sporobolus ozarkanus Fern.

• Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Wood var. vaginiflorus
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: poverty dropseed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.