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Sporobolus africanus
Also called Rat Tail Grass, Dropseed, Parramatta Grass, Ratstail, Ratstail Dropseed, Ratstailgrass, Rush Grass
Sporobolus africanus, or rat's tail grass, is a true grass in the tribe Zoysieae.
Sporobolus africanus is known by many common names, including African dropseed, African dropseed grass, dropseed grass, Indian rat's tail grass, Parramatta grass, rat tail grass, rat's tail, rat's tail grass, rats' tails, ratstail, ratstail dropseed, rattail dropseed, rat-tail grass, rattail grass, rattailgrass, rush grass, smut grass, smutgrass, tough dropseed, tufty grass, and tussock grass.
Sporobolus africanus typically grows in compacted soils and is well-suited to low-fertility. S. africanus is a grass of open areas, such as lawns and pastures, footpaths, parks, roadsides, disturbed sites, as well as native grasslands, open woodlands.
Cumberland sandreed · Giant sandreed · Sporobolus schoenoides · Modest prickle grass · Pricklegrass · Swamp Canegrass · Sporobolus cynosuroides · Sporobolus pumilus · Sporobolus michauxianus · Sporobolus spartinae · Sporobolus × townsendii · Cordgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sporobolus africanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
