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'''''Sporobolus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[grass]]es in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Poaceae]]. They are usually called '''dropseed grasses''' or '''sacaton grasses'''. They are typical [[prairie]] and [[savanna]] plants, but occur in other open habitat in warmer climates also. While some dropseed grasses make nice [[gardening]] plants, they are generally considered to make inferior [[pasture]]s as evidenced by names like "[[poverty grass]]" or [[Smutgrass]]. On the other hand, seeds of at least some [[species]] are edible and nutritious; they were used as food for example by the [[Chiricahua]] [[Apache]]s. Other species are reported to be used as [[famine food]]s, such as ''[[Sporobolus indicus]]'' ([[Oromo language|Oromiffa]] ''Muriy'') in parts of the [[Oromia Region]] of [[Ethiopia]].<ref>Dechassa Lemessa, [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/orom1099.htm "Prosperity Fades - Jimma and Illubabor Zones of Oromiya Region"], UN-EUE Field Report, November 1999 (accessed 15 May 2009)</ref> {{Inc| Sporobolus (Greek, spora, seed, and ballein, to cast forth, referring to the grain readily falling from the spikelet). Gramineae. Dropseed. Spikelets 1-fld., awnless, usually small, in narrow or open panicles.—About 80 species, chiefly of Temp. and Trop. Amer., of little value. S. cryptandrus, Gray, a widely distributed annual, is considered a good forage grass; S. Wrightianus, Munro, Sacaton, of the alkali lands of the S. W. and of Mex., and S. airoides, Torr., an allied species, furnish pasture in alkali flats. S. minutiflorus, Link, a slender annual with minute spikelets in a delicate panicle, is offered as an ornamental by some seedsmen under the name of Agrostis minutiflora. The species are little known horticulturally. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== Selected species: [[Image:Sporobolus fertilis nezuminoo.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Sporobolus fertilis]]'' "Giant Parramatta Grass"]] [[Image:Starr 040711-0055 Sporobolus pyramidatus.jpg|thumb|right|[[Madagascar Dropseed]], ''[[Sporobolus pyramidatus]]'']] * ''[[Sporobolus actinocladus]]'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. * ''[[Sporobolus africanus]]'' * ''[[Sporobolus airoides]]'' (Torr.) Torr. – [[Alkali Sacaton]] * ''[[Sporobolus argutas]]'' [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]] * ''[[Sporobolus caespitosus]]'' Kunth * ''[[Sporobolus compositus]]'' (= ''S. asper'') – [[Tall Dropseed]], Meadow Dropseed, Rough Dropseed * ''[[Sporobolus cryptandrus]]'' – [[Sand Dropseed]] * ''[[Sporobolus cubensis]]'' * ''[[Sporobolus domingensis]]'' * ''[[Sporobolus durus]]'' [[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]] ([[Holocene extinction|extinct]]) * ''[[Sporobolus elongatus]]'' R.Br. * ''[[Sporobolus fertilis]]'' * ''[[Sporobolus flexuosus]]'' – [[Mesa Dropseed]] * ''[[Sporobolus fourcadei]]'' Stent * ''[[Sporobolus heterolepis]]'' – [[Prairie Dropseed]], Northern Dropseed * ''[[Sporobolus indicus]]'' ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) R.Br. – [[Smutgrass]], "[[wiregrass]]" ** ''Sporobolus indicus'' var. ''flaccidus'' (= ''Sporobolus diander'') * ''[[Sporobolus jacquemontii]]'' Kunth (= ''S. pyramidalis'' P.Beauv.) – [[Giant Rat's-tail Grass]] * ''[[Sporobolus marginatus]]'' * ''[[Sporobolus neglectus]]'' – [[Small Dropseed]] * ''[[Sporobolus rigens]]'' (Tr.) Desv. * ''[[Sporobolus pulchellus]]'' R.Br. * ''[[Sporobolus pyramidatus]]'' (Lam.) A.S.Hitchc. – [[Madagascar Dropseed]] * ''[[Sporobolus tenuissimus]]'' * ''[[Sporobolus vaginaeflorus]]'' (Torr.) Wood (or ''[[Sporobolus vaginiflorus|S. vaginiflorus]]'') – [[Sheathed Dropseed]], "[[poverty grass]]" * ''[[Sporobolus virginicus]]'' (L.) Kunth. * ''[[Sporobolus wrightii]]'' Munro ex Scribn. ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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