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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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[[Image:Sporobolus fertilis nezuminoo.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Sporobolus fertilis]]'' "Giant Parramatta Grass"]]
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[[Image:Starr 040711-0055 Sporobolus pyramidatus.jpg|thumb|right|[[Madagascar Dropseed]], ''[[Sporobolus pyramidatus]]'']]
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* ''[[Sporobolus actinocladus]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) F.Muell.</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus africanus]]''
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* ''[[Sporobolus airoides]]'' <small>(Torr.) Torr.</small> &ndash; [[Alkali Sacaton]]
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* ''[[Sporobolus argutas]]'' <small>[[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus caespitosus]]'' <small>Kunth</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus compositus]]'' (= ''S. asper'') &ndash; [[Tall Dropseed]], Meadow Dropseed, Rough Dropseed
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* ''[[Sporobolus cryptandrus]]'' &ndash; [[Sand Dropseed]]
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* ''[[Sporobolus cubensis]]''
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* ''[[Sporobolus domingensis]]''
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* ''[[Sporobolus durus]]'' <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]]</small> ([[Holocene extinction|extinct]])
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* ''[[Sporobolus elongatus]]'' <small>R.Br.</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus fertilis]]''
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* ''[[Sporobolus flexuosus]]'' &ndash; [[Mesa Dropseed]]
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* ''[[Sporobolus fourcadei]]'' <small>Stent</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus heterolepis]]'' &ndash; [[Prairie Dropseed]], Northern Dropseed
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* ''[[Sporobolus indicus]]'' <small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) R.Br.</small> &ndash; [[Smutgrass]], "[[wiregrass]]"
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** ''Sporobolus indicus'' var. ''flaccidus'' (= ''Sporobolus diander'')
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* ''[[Sporobolus jacquemontii]]'' <small>Kunth</small> (= ''S. pyramidalis'' <small>P.Beauv.</small>) &ndash; [[Giant Rat's-tail Grass]]
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* ''[[Sporobolus marginatus]]''
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* ''[[Sporobolus neglectus]]'' &ndash; [[Small Dropseed]]
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* ''[[Sporobolus rigens]]'' <small>(Tr.) Desv.</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus pulchellus]]'' <small>R.Br.</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus pyramidatus]]'' <small>(Lam.) A.S.Hitchc.</small> &ndash; [[Madagascar Dropseed]]
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* ''[[Sporobolus tenuissimus]]''
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* ''[[Sporobolus vaginaeflorus]]'' <small>(Torr.) Wood</small> (or ''[[Sporobolus vaginiflorus|S. vaginiflorus]]'') &ndash; [[Sheathed Dropseed]], "[[poverty grass]]"
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* ''[[Sporobolus virginicus]]'' <small>(L.) Kunth.</small>
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* ''[[Sporobolus wrightii]]'' <small>Munro ex Scribn.</small>
  
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   grass

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial, annual
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Sporobolus is a genus of grasses in the 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 pastures 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 Apaches. Other species are reported to be used as famine foods, such as Sporobolus indicus (Oromiffa Muriy) in parts of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.[1]


Read about Sporobolus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Selected species:

Sporobolus fertilis "Giant Parramatta Grass"
Madagascar Dropseed, Sporobolus pyramidatus

Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ Dechassa Lemessa, "Prosperity Fades - Jimma and Illubabor Zones of Oromiya Region", UN-EUE Field Report, November 1999 (accessed 15 May 2009)

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