Taxon: Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

Common names:

• spike dropseed   (Source: Grass Tex ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator; wildlife habitat   (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  

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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)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas [s. & w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora

References:

• Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:398.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. (Grass Tex)
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. (Grass Util Mex)
• Peterson, P. M. et al. 2004. Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Zoysieae: Sporobolinae) from northeastern México. Sida 21(3):568–570.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sporobolus contractus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sporobolus contractus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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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