Taxon: Sorghastrum secundum (Elliott) Nash

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• lopsided Indian grass   (Source: Proc E Nat Grass Sym ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: revegetator   (fide Proc E Nat Grass Sym)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Proc E Nat Grass Sym)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Florida, Georgia, Mississippi [s.], North Carolina, South Carolina

• also cultivated

References:

• Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. P. 2:130 in: Ritchie, J. C. et al., eds., Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:597.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sorghastrum secundum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sorghastrum secundum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Sorghastrum secundum.

Check other web resources for Sorghastrum secundum (Elliott) Nash:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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