Prairie Dropseed
| Scientific Name: | Sporobolus heterolepis |
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NOTES: Bunch-forming native grass, taking on a golden hue throughout fall and winter. Birds eat the seeds.
| Scientific Name: | Sporobolus heterolepis |
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| Genus species: | Sporobolus heterolepis |
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| Common Name: | Prairie Dropseed |
| Family Name: | Poaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody in a few genera; stems terete, internodes hollow or solid; leaves alternate, 2-ranked, simple, and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases, the sheaths usually open, typically with a ligule at junction of sheath and blade; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, subtended by bracts (a lemma and usually a palea), in spikelets usually subtended by a pair of bracts (glumes); fruit a caryopsis. |
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Grass |
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| CNC Habitat: | Nature Playscape Polinator Garden |
| Identified by: | J.D. Mancini |
