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Pineywoods dropseed

Sporobolus junceus

Also called Lizard Grass

Pineywoods dropseed
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Arizona, S. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Sporobolus junceus is a species of grass known by the common name pineywoods dropseed. It is native to the southern United States.

This perennial bunchgrass has stems up to a meter tall. The leaves are up to 30 centimeters long and are flat or rolled. They are blue-green in color. The panicle is pyramidal in shape with spreading branches. They are lined with purplish or reddish spikelets.

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 junceus 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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