Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

POACEAE

- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth

Nomencl. ref.: Révis. Gramin. 1: 57 (1829)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Seashore dropseed

English name: beach dropseed

English name: jatopa

Italian name: Gramigna delle spiagge

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Agrostis virginica L.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species:

Page counter: 3613 ( AVG: 223.08 / 292.139 )

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Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Sporobolus virginicus
Habit at Hookipa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sporobolus virginicus

Sporobolus virginicus
Habit at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sporobolus virginicus

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Franco Caldararo

Sporobolus virginicus

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Anja Michelucci

Sporobolus virginicus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 197.

Sporobolus virginicus

Sporobolus virginicus
On beach at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Sporobolus virginicus
Habit at Keomoku Beach, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Franco Caldararo

Sporobolus virginicus
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Anja Michelucci

Sporobolus virginicus

Sporobolus virginicus
View kitesurfers at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Franco Caldararo

Sporobolus virginicus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Distributional map for Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth
Map for Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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