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Rough dropseed

Sporobolus clandestinus

Also called Hidden Dropseed

Rough dropseed
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Sporobolus clandestinus, common names rough dropseed and rough rushgrass, is a species of grass found in North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania and listed as threatened in Kentucky.

Other Sporobolus plants

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 clandestinus 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.

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