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SPECIES: Sporobolus asper | Rough Dropseed 


ABBREVIATION : 
SPOASP

SYNONYMS : 
   Sporobolus asper var. drummondii (Trin.) Vasey
   Sporobolus canovirens Nash
   Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc.
   Sporobolus drummondii (Trin.) Vasey
   Sporobolus pilosus Vasey


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SPAS


COMMON NAMES : 
   rough dropseed
   meadow dropseed
   tall droopseed


TAXONOMY : 
The accepted scientific name for rough dropseed is Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth [6,8,14].  There are four commonly recognized varieties:

        Sporobolus asper var. asper
        Sporobolus asper var. clandestinus (Biehler) Shinners
        Sporobolus asper var. hookeri (Trin.) Vasey
        Sporobolus asper var. pilosus (Vasey) Hitchc.


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Kathy Ahlenslager, May 1988


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Ahlenslager, Kathleen E. 1988. Sporobolus asper. In: Remainder of Citation

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