Sporobolus heterolepis
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Details Top
Internal ID | UUID644032beb5ff6850505751 |
Scientific name | Sporobolus heterolepis |
Authority | (A.Gray) A.Gray |
First published in | Manual : 576 (1848) |
Description Top
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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.
Synonyms Top
Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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Agrostis heterolepis | Wood | Class-book Bot. , ed. 2a: 598 (1847) |
Vilfa heterolepis | A.Gray | Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 233 (1835) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Language | Common/alternative name |
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English | prairie dropseed |
English | prairie drop seed |
Czech | opadavec prérijní |
Finnish | preeriakaristeheinä |
Chinese | 异鳞鼠尾粟 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!Start at 4°C for 3 months, then warm to 20°C for another 3 months. |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Northern America click to expand
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Eastern Canada
- Ontario
- Québec
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North-central U.S.A.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Wisconsin
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- Connecticut
- Indiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
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Northwestern U.S.A.
- Colorado
- Montana
- Wyoming
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South-central U.S.A.
- New Mexico
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Southeastern U.S.A.
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
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Western Canada
- Manitoba
- Saskatchewan
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Eastern Canada
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!Database | ID/link to page |
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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 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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