BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Sporobolus asper | Rough Dropseed 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Rough dropseed is a solitary or tufted, rhizomatous, perennial,
warm-season grass up to 4 feet (13 dm) in height [6,8].  It is more
drought tolerant than many grasses of the bluestem prairie but is not
nearly as drought hardy as sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) [14].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Rough dropseed reproduces by seeds, tillers, and rhizomes [13].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Rough dropseed occurs throughout the United States on clayey to silty
soils of prairies and sandy meadows.  In the Great Basin, it grows on
dry, often sandy sites in juniper communities and in fallow fields below
2,100 feet (1,530 m) [13].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Growth begins in late spring; flowering occurs from August to October
[6,8,12,14].

Related categories for Species: Sporobolus asper | Rough Dropseed