Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. vaginiflorus
Poverty grass Taxonomy
Synonyms: Sporobolus vaginiflorus Subspecific taxa: Classification:
Other taxonomic & nomenclature sources: USDA Plants;  ITIS;  The Plant List;  IPNI Species Distribution
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Absent: Not known from county Medium confidence: Medium or unknown confidence; often old records or unverifiable observations Medium-high confidence: Often observations by expert botanists High confidence: Often vouchered herbarium records Planted / introduced: Native species introduced outside historic range, or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations) Historic / extirpated: Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated (Note that this category is not yet functional) North American distribution maps for this species: FLNA;  USDA Plants;  BONAP;  BISON
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Species Status
Status/Listing: No Information Notes: Origin: Native
Species Description
General: Monocot, annual Roots: adventitious, fibrous Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; entire leaf margin; Parallel leaf venation; awl-shaped leaf shape Inflorescence: panicle Flowers: perfect; 3 merous; complete; hypogynous ovary position Fruit: grain Physiology: autotrophic; C4 C02 fixation Reproduction: sexual
Ecology & Natural History
Habitat: Cherty openings in woodland; overgrazed fields; along railroads; waste places, especially sterile soils. Along crushed limestone roads, parking lots, and other areas of compacted soil, esp. late summer with Sporobolus neglectus ILPIN Notes: Swink et al. say, in N. Illinois, supposedly native, but with ecology of an invader. Baskin, J. M., and C. C. Baskin. 1981. Photosynthetic pathways indicated by leaf anatomy in fourteen summer annuals of cedar glades. Photosynthetica 15: 205-209. and short, usually contracted, panicles. However, this species has larger spikelets. Cespitose, culms erect to spreading simialr to S. neglectus in annual habit Functional Relationships:
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