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Internal ID UUID644032beb5ff6850505751
Scientific name Sporobolus heterolepis
Authority (A.Gray) A.Gray
First published in Manual : 576 (1848)

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Prairie dropseed is a species of prairie grass native to the tallgrass and mixed grass prairies of central North America from Texas to southern Canada. It is also found further east, to the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada, but is much less common beyond the Great Plains and is restricted to specialized habitats. It is a perennial bunchgrass with long, narrow leaves that arch outward, forming attractive, round tufts. The leaves range in color from a rich green hue in summer to a golden rust color in the fall. It blooms with rusty-tan flowers that rise 30 to 36 in (760 to 910 mm) in height. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens because of its attractive bunchgrass form and is used for roadside revegetation and prairie restoration projects. Native Americans ground the seeds of the grass to make flour, and many species of birds eat the seeds.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agrostis heterolepis Wood Class-book Bot. , ed. 2a: 598 (1847)
Vilfa heterolepis A.Gray Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 233 (1835)

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Language Common/alternative name
English prairie dropseed
English prairie drop seed
Czech opadavec prérijní
Finnish preeriakaristeheinä
Chinese 异鳞鼠尾粟

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Start at 4°C for 3 months, then warm to 20°C for another 3 months.

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Montana
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Arkansas
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000901178
Canadensys 7972
USDA Plants SPHE
Tropicos 25511520
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1026241-2
The Plant List kew-444230
Missouri Botanical Garden 285254
Open Tree Of Life 819815
NCBI Taxonomy 121785
Nature Serve 2.148538
IPNI 1026241-2
iNaturalist 120557
GBIF 2704766
Freebase /m/0c6n_3
WisFlora 5144
FEIS plants/graminoid/spohet
EPPO SPZHE
EOL 1115171
USDA GRIN 35365
Wikipedia Sporobolus_heterolepis

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Catastrophic flooding effects on a Wisconsin wet prairie remnant: A shift in the disturbance regime? Zedler PH, Herrick BM PLoS One 22-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10664900
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0294359
PMID:37992070
Grain shattering by cell death and fracture in Eragrostis tef Yu Y, Beyene G, Villmer J, Duncan KE, Hu H, Johnson T, Doust AN, Taylor NJ, Kellogg EA Plant Physiol 09-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10152664
doi:10.1093/plphys/kiad079
PMID:36756804
Examining the utility of DNA barcodes for the identification of tallgrass prairie flora Herzog SA, Latvis M Appl Plant Sci 24-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7845766
doi:10.1002/aps3.11405
PMID:33552747
The anatomy of abscission zones is diverse among grass species Yu Y, Leyva P, Tavares RL, Kellogg EA Am J Bot 23-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7217018
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1454
PMID:32207156
The ecology and significance of below-ground bud banks in plants Ott JP, Klimešová J, Hartnett DC Ann Bot 31-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6612937
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz051
PMID:31167028
Cracking the case: Seed traits and phylogeny predict time to germination in prairie restoration species Barak RS, Lichtenberger TM, Wellman‐Houde A, Kramer AT, Larkin DJ Ecol Evol 08-May-2018
PMCID:PMC6010845
doi:10.1002/ece3.4083
PMID:29938073
Ecology of Floristic Quality Assessment: testing for correlations between coefficients of conservatism, species traits and mycorrhizal responsiveness Bauer JT, Koziol L, Bever JD AoB Plants 21-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5778608
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plx073
PMID:29383232
To mulch or not to mulch? Effects of gravel mulch toppings on plant establishment and development in ornamental prairie plantings Schmithals A, Kühn N PLoS One 06-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC5293235
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171533
PMID:28166269
Extracting Metrics for Three-dimensional Root Systems: Volume and Surface Analysis from In-soil X-ray Computed Tomography Data Suresh N, Stephens SA, Adams L, Beck AN, McKinney AL, Varga T J Vis Exp 26-Apr-2016
PMCID:PMC4941999
doi:10.3791/53788
PMID:27168248
Off-Stream Watering Systems and Partial Barriers as a Strategy to Maximize Cattle Production and Minimize Time Spent in the Riparian Area Rawluk AA, Crow G, Legesse G, Veira DM, Bullock PR, González LA, Dubois M, Ominski KH Animals (Basel) 29-Oct-2014
PMCID:PMC4494426
doi:10.3390/ani4040670
PMID:26479006
To Burn or Not to Burn? Effect of Management Strategy on North American Prairie Vegetation for Public Urban Areas in Germany Schmithals A, Kühn N PLoS One 06-Oct-2014
PMCID:PMC4186812
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108588
PMID:25286061
Ecological Consequences of Shifting the Timing of Burning Tallgrass Prairie Towne EG, Craine JM PLoS One 31-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4117529
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103423
PMID:25077487
Seasonality and host preference of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of five plant species in the inner mongolia steppe, china Su YY, Sun X, Guo LD Braz J Microbiol 01-Mar-2011
PMCID:PMC3768904
doi:10.1590/S1517-83822011000100008
PMID:24031605

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