Taxon: Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.

Common names:

• big alkali sacaton   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• big sacaton   (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat ) – English
  
• sacaton   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; revegetator   (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 1999)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Mejia Saules & Davila Aranda 1992)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Oklahoma [n.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [w.-c.], Utah [s.w.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Colima, Federal District, Hidalgo, Mexico

References:

• Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:398. [= S. airoides var. wrightii (Munro) Gould].
• Beetle, A. A. 1983. Las Gramineas de Mexico. (Grass Mex) 249. [= S. airoides].
• 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)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Peterson, P. M. et al. 2004. Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Zoysieae: Sporobolinae) from northeastern México. Sida 21(3):586–588.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sporobolus wrightii.

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

Check other databases for Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.:

• 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

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• 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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