Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sporobolus junceus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sporobolus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus junceus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Sporobolus junceus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-001:
Sporobolus junceus FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus junceus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus gracilis
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Dropseed, Pineywoods Dropseed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_spgr4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_spju_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_junceus_74197
September Miami-Dade County FL
Flexuous branches 2-3cm long, naked at base, in rather regular whorls, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_junceus_74205
September Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm151017_440
October Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow jkm151017_442
October Columbia County GA
Culms erect, slender, about 3-noded, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm151017_447
October Columbia County GA
Panicle oblong or narrowly pyramidal, open, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm151017_454
October Columbia County GA
A densely cespitose [tufted in clumps], wiry perennial, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm151017_456
October Columbia County GA
Leaf blades folded or involute, slender, glabrous, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_784
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm081102_009
November Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow jkm081102_040
November Columbia County GA
Panicle branches whorled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
seedheads of Sporobolus species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sporobolus junceus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sporobolus junceus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Sporobolus junceus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-44-001:
Sporobolus junceus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sporobolus junceus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sporobolus gracilis
2494
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, glades and barrens over mafic rocks, river-scour bars, sandy prairies, pine rocklands, and other dry, open areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Panicle mostly bronze-brown
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain brownish
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p260
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p423
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