Index / Search / Sporobolus clandestinus
§1 Plant
Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc.
vernacular rough dropseed — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Sporobolus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 405 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 405 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Cabarrus 37025
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Lenoir 37107
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Greenwood 45047
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Grainger 47057
- Hamilton 47065
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Perry 47135
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bell 48027
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Camp 48063
- Coryell 48099
- Dallas 48113
- Delta 48119
- Denton 48121
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Hamilton 48193
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Hill 48217
- Hood 48221
- Jack 48237
- Jasper 48241
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kerr 48265
- Leon 48289
- Mason 48319
- Menard 48327
- Milam 48331
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Patricio 48409
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Somervell 48425
- Stonewall 48433
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Amherst 51009
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Greensville 51081
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Page 51139
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPCL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704758 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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