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|genus=Sporobolus  

|genus=Sporobolus

|common_name=Dropseed, Rushgrass

|common_name=Dropseed, Rushgrass

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

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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.

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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>

 

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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.

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.

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==Species==

==Species==

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* ''[[Sporobolus caespitosus]]'' <small>Kunth</small>

* ''[[Sporobolus compositus]]'' (= ''S. asper'') &ndash; [[Tall Dropseed]], Meadow Dropseed, Rough Dropseed

* ''[[Sporobolus heterolepis]]'' &ndash; [[Prairie Dropseed]], Northern Dropseed

* ''[[Sporobolus indicus]]'' <small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) R.Br.</small> &ndash; [[Smutgrass]], "[[wiregrass]]"

* ''[[Sporobolus jacquemontii]]'' <small>Kunth</small> (= ''S. pyramidalis'' <small>P.Beauv.</small>) &ndash; [[Giant Rat's-tail Grass]]

* ''[[Sporobolus wrightii]]'' <small>Munro ex Scribn.</small>

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==References==

==References==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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